oscillating

oscillating
    adj 1: having periodic vibrations [syn: {oscillatory},
           {oscillating}]
    

Oscillate \Os"cil*late\ ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
   p. {Oscillated} ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Oscillating} ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. oscillare to
   swing, fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to
   be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a
   little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See {Oral}, and cf.
   {Osculate}.]
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   1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum;
      to swing; to sway.
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   2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move
      in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly,
      back and forth.
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            The amount of superior families oscillates rather
            than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed
            limits.                               --De Quincey.
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Oscillating \Os"cil*la`ting\ ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[i^]ng), a.
   That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
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21 Moby Thesaurus words for "oscillating":
      fluctuant, fluctuating, fluctuational, harmonic, libratory,
      nutational, oscillatory, pendular, pendulating, pendulous,
      periodic, resonant, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, vacillating,
      vacillatory, vibratile, vibrating, vibratory, wavering, wobbly