verb [V]
1 ~ (between A and B) (formal) to keep changing from one extreme of feeling or behaviour to another, and back again:
Her moods oscillated between depression and elation.
2 (physics) to keep moving from one position to another and back again:
Watch how the needle on the dial oscillates.
3 (physics) (of an electric current, radio waves, etc.) to change in strength or direction at regular intervals
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