Oscillate

//ˈɑsɪleɪt//

Synonyms for "oscillate" (85 found)

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Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

4 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

11 entries

Translations

44 translations across 25 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • вибрирам verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • осцилирам verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Catalan

1 entries
  • oscil·lar verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 振盪 /振荡 verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Czech

2 entries
  • kmitat verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • oscilovat verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Estonian

1 entries
  • võnkliikuma verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Finnish

3 entries
  • heilua verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • oskilloida verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • värähdellä verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

French

1 entries
  • osciller verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Galician

1 entries
  • oscilar verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

German

4 entries
  • changieren verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • oszillieren verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • pendeln verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • schwingen verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Greek

3 entries
  • αιωρούμαι verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • διακυμαίνομαι verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • ταλαντεύομαι verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • הִתְנוֹדְדָה verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • הִתְנוֹדֵד verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • תָּנְדָה verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • תָּנַד verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • oszcillál verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Irish

1 entries
  • ascalaigh verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Italian

1 entries
  • oscillare verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 振動する verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Māori

2 entries
  • kōpiupiu verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • piupiu verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Polish

1 entries
  • oscylować verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • oscilar verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Romanian

1 entries
  • oscila verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Russian

3 entries
  • кача́ться verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • колеба́ться verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • осцилли́ровать verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Slovene

2 entries
  • nihati verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • zanihati verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Spanish

1 entries
  • oscilar verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Swedish

1 entries
  • pendla verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • колива́тися verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)
  • осцилювати verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Welsh

1 entries
  • osgiliadu verb (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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A pendulum oscillates slower as it gets longer.

Source: wiktionary

By placing the 0.02μF capacitor on top of the whistle chip, the circuit oscillates at a lower frequency.

Source: wiktionary

The mood for change oscillated from day to day.

Source: wiktionary

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