oscillate

[Os·cil*late]

On a hot day, you’ll be happy to have a fan that can oscillate, meaning it moves back and forth in a steady motion.

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To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

Verb
move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

Verb
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

v. i.
To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

v. i.
To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.

Oscillate

Os"cil*late , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oscillated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Oscillating .] [L. oscillare to swing, fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Osculate.] 1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway. 2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.

The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits.

Oscillating

Os"cil*la`ting , a. That oscillates; vibrating; swinging. Oscillating engine, a steam engine whose cylinder oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed in a perpendicular or other direction. Weale.

To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

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