Oscillation

I heard this word while I was watching "Ellen" with my mom. Today's word of the day is oscillation. It's what fans do a lot...

os·cil·la·tion [os-uh-ley-shuhn]

–noun

1.	an act or instance of oscillating.

2.	a single swing or movement in one direction of an oscillating body.

3.	fluctuation between beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc.

4.	Physics. a. an effect expressible as a quantity that repeatedly and regularly fluctuates above and below some mean value, as the pressure of a sound wave or the voltage of an alternating current. b. a single fluctuation between maximum and minimum values in such an effect.

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Mathematics. a. the difference between the least upper bound and the greatest lower bound of the functional values of a function in a given interval. os·cil·late [os-uh-leyt] -lat·ed, -lat·ing. –verb (used without object) 1. to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does. 2. to vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc.: He oscillates regularly between elation and despair. 3. Physics. to have, produce, or generate oscillations. 4. Mathematics. (of a function, sequence, etc.) to tend to no limit, including infinity: The sequence 0, 1, 0, 1, … oscillates. –verb (used with object) 5. to cause to move to and fro; vibrate. I hope you liked today's word of the day! It's for all you oscillating fan-atics out there! .......... wow.......... Please comment and join us next time! Back to messing with all my programs on my comp!