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oscillating
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oscillating
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Oscillating
(gcide) | Oscillating \Os"cil*la`ting\ ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[i^]ng), a.
That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
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Oscillating
(gcide) | Oscillate \Os"cil*late\ ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Oscillated ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Oscillating ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. oscillare to
swing, fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to
be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a
little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, and cf.
Osculate.]
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1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum;
to swing; to sway.
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2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move
in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly,
back and forth.
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The amount of superior families oscillates rather
than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed
limits. --De Quincey.
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oscillating
(wn) | oscillating
adj 1: having periodic vibrations [syn: oscillatory,
oscillating] |
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oscillating
(encz) | oscillating,kmitání n: Zdeněk Brožoscillating,oscilování n: Zdeněk Brož |
alternatingprenominal oscillatingprenominal
(gcide) | Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal);
biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal;
fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek,
midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial;
semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly,
biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial;
bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly;
monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal);
triennial]
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4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
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Oscillating current
(gcide) | Oscillating current \Os"cil*lat`ing current\ (Elec.)
A current alternating in direction.
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Oscillating engine, a steam engine whose cylinder
oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed
in a perpendicular or other direction. --Weale.
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Oscillating engine
(gcide) | Oscillating current \Os"cil*lat`ing current\ (Elec.)
A current alternating in direction.
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Oscillating engine, a steam engine whose cylinder
oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed
in a perpendicular or other direction. --Weale.
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oscillating
(wn) | oscillating
adj 1: having periodic vibrations [syn: oscillatory,
oscillating] |
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