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What does oscillation mean?

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Noun
  1. the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
  2. a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
  3. a single such cycle
  4. (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point
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A double oscillation is also a possibility, for example if the trees are defoliated by predators and then put out a second growth of leaves.
The eddies set up an oscillation that may be reinforced by the natural frequency of the structure.
The more highly accurate quartz clocks followed and depended on the oscillation of quartz crystal for control.
There is an oscillation which causes an impression of scintillation over the area.
A feature shared by many clock gene transcripts is that their abundance is subject to circadian and diurnal oscillation.
Here, a very low-amplitude, high-frequency oscillation is superimposed on a sine curve.

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