oscillatory

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

adjective

1. characterized by or involving oscillation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of oscillatory¹

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

Example Sentences

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."

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

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

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

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