Swing-swang

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A complete oscillation. archaic

    "Thus, in the present case, the air in one second of time makes 512 swing-swangs or vibrations both ways, that is, 1024 simple swings each way, that is, simple vibrations, as the French call them, in one second."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Swinging. archaic
  2. 2
    Drawling; sing-song. archaic

Example

More examples

"Thus, in the present case, the air in one second of time makes 512 swing-swangs or vibrations both ways, that is, 1024 simple swings each way, that is, simple vibrations, as the French call them, in one second."

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