oscillate
verb (used without object)
to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
will oscillate
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future tenseof oscillate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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As the electron antineutrinos travel from the reactors to JUNO, many will oscillate into muon or tau antineutrinos that the detector can’t see.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 22, 2023
It has just a handful of parameters: roughly speaking, the probabilities with which one flavor will oscillate into another and the differences among the three mass states.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 28, 2022
An underdamped system will oscillate through the equilibrium position.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The wheel takes 30 minutes to complete 1 revolution, so the height will oscillate with a period of 30 minutes.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
Currents of such high frequencies will oscillate, that is, surge to and fro, in an open circuit, such as an aerial wire system, as well as in a closed circuit.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins
