Oscillating is an English word with synonyms like oscillatory or periodic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Oscillating meaning
- Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion; coming and going.
- Describing a function or divergent series that moves between multiple values.
Synonyms of Oscillating
Using Oscillating
- The main meaning on this page is: Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion; coming and going. | Describing a function or divergent series that moves between multiple values.
- Useful related words include: oscillatory, periodic, periodical.
- In the example corpus, oscillating often appears in combinations such as: the oscillating, an oscillating, oscillating between.
Context around Oscillating
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oscillating
- In this selection, "oscillating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, field, temperatures, rhythm, piston, quartz and behavior stand out and add context to how "oscillating" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include appears unhinged oscillating between abuse and creates an oscillating magnetic field. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oscillating" sits close to words such as ache, advani and afi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oscillating
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Interestingly, the premiere paints an oscillating picture for Ted. (9 words)
In a stable climate, temperatures follow a general rhythm, oscillating between highs and lows. (14 words)
She represented the average American teenager with her petty rivalries, jealousies, and oscillating friendship with Bella. (16 words)
The oscillating primary current creates an oscillating magnetic field that couples to the secondary winding, transferring energy into the secondary side of the transformer and causing it to oscillate with the toroid capacitance to ground. (35 words)
However, a third subset of these smart crystals is getting more attention from chemists like Al-Kaysi and Bardeen because of their ability to sustain continuous, oscillating movement when exposed to a single light source. (35 words)
Harry later recalled that his “penis was oscillating between extremely sensitive and borderline traumatised”, eventually leading him to turn to Elizabeth Arden cream for help with his sensitive issue. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Here, an oscillating quartz crystal is immersed into a fluid and the specific influence on the oscillating behavior defines the viscosity.
Oscillating Piston Viscometer Schematic View The oscillating piston viscometer technology has been adapted for small sample viscosity and micro-sample viscosity testing in laboratory applications.
The oscillating primary current creates an oscillating magnetic field that couples to the secondary winding, transferring energy into the secondary side of the transformer and causing it to oscillate with the toroid capacitance to ground.
This picture can be rotated with the electric field oscillating right and left and the magnetic field oscillating down and up.
Amid the maximum temperatures oscillating between 31 and 33 degrees Celsius, meteorologists said that maximum temperatures are unlikely to drop in the ongoing week.
Harry later recalled that his “penis was oscillating between extremely sensitive and borderline traumatised”, eventually leading him to turn to Elizabeth Arden cream for help with his sensitive issue.
In a stable climate, temperatures follow a general rhythm, oscillating between highs and lows.
Interestingly, the premiere paints an oscillating picture for Ted.
It functions very similarly to the Oral-B Kid's Electric Toothbrush, though the brush head vibrates instead of oscillating.
Millions of oscillating sound waves such as p-waves, g-modes, and f-modes are produced by that seismic commotion.
She represented the average American teenager with her petty rivalries, jealousies, and oscillating friendship with Bella.
The Lasko oscillating tower fan offers everything you need to stay cool this summer, including quiet functionality, a timer, and three speed settings.
Then there was intensive "shuttle diplomacy," with Roscoe oscillating between the two sides, before eventual phone calls and Zoom meetings with everyone together.
When Berger’s subjects were sleeping—still with electrodes on their scalps—their brains often generated longer, more slowly oscillating signals: delta waves.
Among the Shelbys, Arthur (Paul Anderson) is the most volatile, oscillating between rabid outbursts and complex vulnerability — the very complexity that draws us to the character.
However, a third subset of these smart crystals is getting more attention from chemists like Al-Kaysi and Bardeen because of their ability to sustain continuous, oscillating movement when exposed to a single light source.
In texts Julie shared with the Mail, Ford appears unhinged, oscillating between abuse and declarations of love.
On a small enough scale, everything in existence is oscillating in some way or another, like waves of light.
Ratti said strong winds might have caused the boat to start oscillating wildly, “like a pendulum”, putting exceptional strain on the mast.
Within the uptrend, the stock price has been oscillating up and down between ₹244 and ₹300 since September last year.
Common combinations with oscillating
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the oscillating 18×
- an oscillating 11×
- oscillating between 7×
- of oscillating 6×
- oscillating electric 5×
- oscillating current 3×
- oscillating piston 2×
- oscillating magnetic 2×
- field oscillating 2×
- and oscillating 2×