oscillating

«oscillating» in Mova's school dictionary: Swinging or moving back and forth regularly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb form (present participle of oscillate: oscillate, oscillates, oscillated, oscillating); adjective (oscillating)

meaning for a pupil

1) Swinging or moving back and forth regularly. tree →

2) (adjective) Moving or turning from side to side, as in "an oscillating fan". tree →

3) Changing back and forth between two states or feelings. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science (oscillating pendulums, waves, springs, oscillating current) and in everyday talk (oscillating fans, oscillating sprinklers in the garden). In stories it describes swaying or wavering.

examples

• An oscillating fan turns from side to side. tree →
• The oscillating sprinkler watered the whole lawn. tree →
• We timed the oscillating pendulum in science. tree →
• The pendulum kept oscillating for a long time. tree →
• The prices kept oscillating up and down. tree →
• The oscillating light on the lighthouse swept across the bay. tree →

note

"-ing" form of "oscillate": drop the "e". Double s, double l.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oscillating» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.