oscillating

Examples

• All

• You see, we've got this, we've got this oscillating fan here, and this thing is the handiest tool to starting seeds.

  MIgardener

• The brochure describes Haydon's linear, rotary, and oscillating motors and hermetic switches.

  Academic text (1994)

• So the window is oscillating back and forth.

• This corresponds to an oscillating position Y.

• Also corresponds to particles at rest oscillating because they have mass.

• We stick EG headsets on during the experience to record the brain activity from the scalp, the oscillating electrical activity.

  Andrew Huberman

• I recall that my favorite thing about that car was its cool, oscillating center A/C vents; in fact, they so greatly impressed one of my friends that he bought a 1988 model for himself.

  Blog text (29)

• And we've had oscillating theories, vacuum fluctuation theories, all sorts of alternatives to try to avoid that beginning.

  Alex O'Connor

• The child watched the oscillating fan as it moved rhythmically back and forth, creating a comforting breeze.

• The pendulum's oscillating motion was mesmerizing, swinging steadily from side to side.

Synonyms

R

rhythmic

vsoscillating

42 3.6

Having a regular pattern of sounds or movements

focuses specifically on back and forth periodic motion rather than any pattern

V

vibratory

vsoscillating

2 7.1

Moving quickly back and forth or up and down

is similar but does not require the motion to be rapid

M

metronomic

vsoscillating

1 7.2

Has a steady, regular rhythm like a clock

is rhythmic too but not always perfectly steady or unchanging

R

rhythmical

vsoscillating

1 3.9

Happening with a steady, regular beat like music or movement

is about periodic back and forth motion rather than general rhythmic recurrence

P

pulsatile

vsoscillating

• Specialized

1 8.4

Movement in regular beats you can feel, like a heartbeat

involves periodic motion but by distinct pulses rather than continuous swing

O

oscillatory

vsoscillating

• Specialized

1 8.4

Moving back and forth in a regular way

has the same meaning but is used as the adjective form

R

rocking

vsoscillating

1.9

Moving gently back and forth or side to side in a regular way

covers similar motion but can be stronger or less gentle

P

pulsatory

vsoscillating

8.6

Showing a regular beating movement like a heartbeat

shares periodicity but emphasizes pulses rather than continuous back and forth flow

Antonyms

S

stationary

46 2.9

Not moving and staying in one place

How Oscillatory

swinging

1 1.2

oscillating

• Specialized

6.2

to vibrate

91 2.8

quivering

7 4.4

to still

12 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology