oscillatory

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

oscillatory (comparative more oscillatory, superlative most oscillatory)

1. That oscillates; oscillating.
   • 1961 March, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 135–136:

     The other usual cure – which presumably has recently been applied to the B.R. standard bogie at Swindon – is to change the vehicle's oscillatory characteristics by modifying its suspension.

2. Capable of sustaining oscillations.

Derived terms

• multioscillatory
• nonoscillatory
• oscillatorily
• oscillatority
• oscillatory reaction
• superoscillatory

Translations

oscillating

German: schwingend (de), periodisch (de), oszillierend (de), oszillatorisch Greek: ταλαντωτικός (el) m (talantotikós)