oscillation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the process of oscillating between states
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
- libration hyponym
Related & opposite
- vacillate derivation
Sense 2 noun
(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons
Types & categories
- periodic event hypernym
- cardiac cycle hyponym
- Carnot cycle hyponym
- pass hyponym
- menstrual cycle hyponym
Related & opposite
- vibrate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vacillate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | libration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vibrate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wave |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ripple |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | transient |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | beat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | resonance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sympathetic vibration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vibrate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | periodic event |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cardiac cycle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Carnot cycle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pass |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | menstrual cycle |