Word Type

Noun

The word "oscillation" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

eigenoscillation equioscillation magnetooscillation multioscillation oscillational oscillationless oscillationlike superoscillation

Derived From

oscillate

Context

mathematics physics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

action activity natural action natural process periodic event recurrent event undulation wave

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Atlantic multidecadal oscillation Bloch oscillation Madden-Julian oscillation North Atlantic Oscillation North Pacific Oscillation Shubnikov-de Haas oscillation Southern Oscillation baryon acoustic oscillation climate oscillation decadal oscillation pogo oscillation quasi-biennial oscillation quasi-periodic oscillation quasi-quadrennial oscillation

Type Of (IsA)

natural process wave

Related Terms

oscillate

Related Terms

cycle domain fluctuation limit inferior limit superior mean oscillated oscillating oscillator periodic regular value

Synonym Network

cycle

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