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oscillation

[os-uh-ley-shuhn] / ˌɒs əˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
swinging
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These particles can transform from one type to another through a phenomenon known as oscillation.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

"We have thus confirmed the hypothesis that efficient gaits can be realized by exploiting natural oscillation patterns," explains Prof.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

Physicists don't currently have enough data to disentangle two effects on the oscillation: mass ordering and a property called Charge Parity violation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

“It’s a weird movement of the airplane, an oscillation that, if not dampened or stopped, could continue to get worse and worse,” said Jeff Guzzetti, a former accident investigator for the F.A.A. and N.T.S.B.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2024

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