oscillate
21oscillate — /os euh layt /, v., oscillated, oscillating. v.i. 1. to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does. 2. to vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc.: He oscillates regularly between elation and despair. 3. Physics.… …
22oscillate — verb a) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm. A pendulum oscillates slower as it gets longer. b) To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc …
23oscillate — os·cil·late äs ə .lāt vi, lat·ed; lat·ing 1) to swing backward and forward like a pendulum 2) to move or travel back and forth between two points os·cil·la·to·ry äs ə lə .tōr ē, .tȯr adj …
24oscillate — Synonyms and related words: alternate, back and fill, be here again, bob, bobble, careen, change, circle, coggle, come again, come and go, come around, come round, come round again, come up again, cycle, dangle, dither, ebb and flow, equivocate,… …
25oscillate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. vibrate (see oscillation); hesitate, shilly shally, hem and haw, blow hot and cold. See doubt, changeableness II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To swing] Syn. palpitate, vibrate, sway; see swing 1 , wave 3 ,… …
26oscillate — os·cil·late || É‘sɪleɪt / É’s v. vary regularly between two positions; vacillate between two opinions; fluctuate between high and low values; swing predictably between two extremes …
27oscillate — [ ɒsɪleɪt] verb 1》 move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm. ↘fluctuate between two states, limits, opinions, etc. 2》 Physics move or vary with periodic regularity. ↘cause an electric current or voltage to behave thus. Derivatives …
28oscillate — v. n. 1. Swing, vibrate, sway, move to and fro, move backward and forward. 2. Vary, fluctuate …
29oscillate — verb (I) 1 technical to keep moving regularly from side to side, between two limits 2 formal to keep changing between one feeling or attitude and another; vacillate (+ between): Her attitude towards her husband oscillated between tender affection …
30oscillate — v 1. vibrate, move to and fro, swing, move backward and forward, come and go, librate, move from side to side, ebb and flow, seesaw, wigwag. 2. fluctuate, vacillate, waver, vary, yo yo, teeter totter; about face, change, change one s mind, Brit.… …
