Значение

значений: 3
  1. (непереходный)To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.

    A pendulum oscillates slower as it gets longer.

    schwingen, pendeln, oszillieren

    колеба́тьсяkolebátʹsja, кача́тьсяkačátʹsja, осцилли́роватьoscillírovatʹ

    осцилюватиoscyljuvaty, колива́тисяkolyvátysja

  2. (непереходный)To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.

    The mood for change oscillated from day to day.

    be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

  3. (непереходный)To vary above and below a mean value.

Примеры

предложений: 5
  1. Life is unpredictable, problematic, oscillating between ups and downs.

  2. A seiche is a standing wave oscillating in a body of water.

  3. Some scientists believe the origin of this oscillating signal to be a neutron star.

    deEinige Wissenschaftler glauben, daß der Ursprung dieses oszillierenden Signals ein Neutronenstern ist. — Waldelfe

  4. He said the Earth's orbit around the sun oscillates between elliptical and more circular.

  5. Wind and weather conditions on the Great Lakes may create a seiche, an oscillating wave which can be several feet high.

Переводы

языков: 8
Українська
По значениям 1
to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm:
Русский
По значениям 1
to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm:

Происхождение

First attested in 1726; borrowed from Latin ōscillātus, perfect passive participle of Lati

First attested in 1726; borrowed from Latin ōscillātus, perfect passive participle of Latin ōscillō (“to swing”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ōscillum (“a swing”), usually identified with ōscillum (“a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind”), diminutive of ōs (“mouth, face”). See also osculate.

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Формы

oscillates, oscillating, oscillated, oscillated
Базовая формаoscillate · to oscillate
3-е лицо ед. числаoscillates
Причастие настоящего времениoscillating
Прошедшее времяoscillated
Причастие прошедшего времениoscillated

правильный · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theyoscillate
he, she, itoscillates

Past simpleУрок

все лицаoscillated

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave oscillated
he, she, ithas oscillated

Future simple (will)Урок

все лицаwill oscillate

Синонимы

синонимов: 3
Близкие по смыслу
  • move or swing from side to side regularly:vibrate
  • be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action:hovervibratevacillate

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 7

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соседние слова
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