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oscillation

[os-uh-ley-shuhn] / ˌɒs əˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
swinging
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“They’re power electronics. So things happen very, very quickly and that could induce all kinds of oscillations and other issues for the rest of the grid.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Using this approach, the team generated surface acoustic waves vibrating at about 1 gigahertz, meaning billions of oscillations per second.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2026

In that framework, “bubbles” are defined as prices that accelerate super-exponentially toward a critical point, with oscillations that become more frequent as the “bubble” matures.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

"Just like seismologists use earthquakes to study Earth's interior, we can use stellar oscillations to understand what's happening inside distant stars," said IfA research scientist Daniel Hey, lead author of the study.

From Science Daily • Dec. 26, 2025

Stricken, he took in the pages on the wall, their cryptic lines drawn to depict oscillations in the voice, cries and dips lost to both of us.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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