oscillator

[os-uh-ley-ter]

noun

1. Electronics.,  a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.

2. a device or machine producing oscillations.

3. a person or thing that oscillates.

oscillator

/ ˈɒsɪˌleɪtə /

noun

1. a circuit or instrument for producing an alternating current or voltage of a required frequency

2. any instrument for producing oscillations

3. a person or thing that oscillates

Word History and Origins

Origin of oscillator¹

1825–35; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin oscillā ( re ) to swing ( oscillate ) + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

As a result, both breadth oscillators are now on buy signals, and those buy signals arose out of deeply oversold conditions.

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This has been true for months, but on this latest decline, breadth has been quite terrible and both breadth oscillators are in oversold territory.

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Traditional clocks, from pendulums to atomic oscillators, depend on irreversible processes to track time.

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I’m not going that far, but one would normally expect to see the breadth oscillators at much higher levels after such a strong period for SPX.

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That has been enough to generate buy signals from both breadth oscillators, and those have been confirmed with two-day closes.

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