oscillation
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They repeatedly grow and shrink during successive trips through the laser cavity, creating a rhythmic oscillation that resembles breathing.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
These vibrations produce distinct tones defined by two measurements, Mitman explained: an oscillation frequency and a damping time.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026
However, interest in evolving dark energy was vigorously rekindled last year from the combination of supernovae, baryon acoustic oscillation, and cosmic microwave background data from the DES, DESI, and Planck experiments.
From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025
Understanding a process called neutrino oscillation, where these particles change "flavors" as they move, could help explain why matter triumphed over antimatter.
From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025
And the subsequent political history of the United States then became an oscillation between new versions of the old tension, which broke out in violence only on the occasion of the Civil War.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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