Oscillate

Definition of Oscillate

Os´cil`late   Pronunciation: ǒs´sĭl`lāt
v. i.1.
[imp. & p. p. Oscillated (ǒs"sĭl*lā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Oscillating (ǒs"sĭl*lā`tĭng).]
1.To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
2.To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.
The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits.
- De Quincey.

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