oscillatory

[ os-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective
  1. characterized by or involving oscillation.

Origin of oscillatory

1
1730–40; <New Latin oscillātōrius, equivalent to Latin oscillā(re) to swing (see oscillate) + -tōrius-tory1

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How to use oscillatory in a sentence

  • The only motion which takes place in the air in this cavity is the oscillatory swing of the air particles.

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  • Wires, of course, connect the antenna to the earth, thereby forming what is called an "oscillatory circuit."

  • Every oscillatory circuit possesses two properties which are characteristic of it.

  • Fortunately, it is very easy to add these properties to an oscillatory circuit in a very simple manner.

  • That oscillatory performance beneath the kissing-oak, as the noble tree was called, had been almost too much for Dickie.

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