Meaning of OSCILLATORY
| Pronunciation: | | 'âsulu`towree
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having periodic vibrations |
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| | Synonyms: | | oscillating, periodic, periodical |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Os"cil*la*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. oscillatoire. See
{Oscillate}.]
Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like
a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory
motion.
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| | Related Terms: | | alternate, beating, circling, cyclic, epochal, even, every other, fluctuant, fluctuating, fluctuational, harmonic, intermittent, isochronal, libratory, measured, metronomic, nutational, oscillating, pendular, pendulating, pendulous, periodic, periodical, pulsing, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, resonant, rhythmic, rotary, seasonal, serial, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, steady, undulant, undulatory, vacillating, vacillatory, vibratile, vibrating, vibratory, wavelike, wavering, wheeling, wobbly |
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