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    [Noun]  | "os*cil*la*tion" | \ ˌä-sə-ˈlā-shən \


    1: the action or state of oscillating

    2: variation, fluctuation

    3: a flow of electricity changing periodically from a maximum to a minimum; especially : a flow periodically changing direction


    Origin: 1658 ;

    [Noun]  | "Arctic Oscillation" 


    1: the recurring movement of high pressure systems in the atmosphere from the middle latitudes to the polar latitudes and back —abbreviation AO


    Origin: 1998 ;

    [Noun]  | "North Atlantic Oscillation" 


    1: a periodic seesaw fluctuation in sea-level atmospheric pressures over the northern Atlantic Ocean that is believed to contribute to the Arctic Oscillation


    Origin: 1924 ;

    [Noun]  | "Southern Oscillation" 


    1: a periodic seesaw fluctuation in sea-level atmospheric pressures over the southern Pacific and Indian oceans that is believed to be linked to El Niño and La Niña events


    Origin: 1923 ;

    [Noun]  | "oscillations" 


    1: the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another;


      * e.g., " ... fickle springtime weather in which there seemed to be an unceasing oscillation between unseasonable heat and unseasonable cold "



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    2: a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side;


      * e.g., " ... the precise oscillations of the quartz crystal that allows a quartz watch to keep such accurate time "



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    [Noun]  | "oscillation" 


    1: the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another;


      * e.g., " ... fickle springtime weather in which there seemed to be an unceasing oscillation between unseasonable heat and unseasonable cold "



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    2: a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side;


      * e.g., " ... the precise oscillations of the quartz crystal that allows a quartz watch to keep such accurate time "



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