EnglishMain Dictionary
oscillation
Universal Words
noun (formal) ~ (between A and B)
1 [U,sing.] a regular movement between one position and another or between one amount and another:
the oscillation of the compass needle / of radio waves * the economy's continual oscillation between growth and recession
2 [C] a single movement from one position to another of sth that is oscillating:
the oscillations of the pound against foreign currency
3 [U,C] a repeated change between different feelings, types of behaviour or ideas:
his oscillation, as a teenager, between science and art * Her oscillations of mood frustrated him.
