oscillation

Example Sentences

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The safety margin applied had been "negated by the unexpected onset of the large vertical oscillations, which caused the car to touch the ground", he said.

From BBC

Like a radiologist studying a patient’s internal organs, scientists use instruments known as seismometers around the world to measure these oscillations and learn about the inner workings of our Earth.

From Washington Post

The cooler weather was a consequence of oscillations in the jet stream.

From Seattle Times

Bigger oscillations, a few feet up or down from the average, also took place in slow, almost rhythmic cycles unfolding over the course of decades.

From Seattle Times

That grief appears in oscillations—to and fro, in and out, up and down—but these oscillations come farther and farther apart as time goes on.

From Scientific American