oscillation

Roget category 314

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction

#314. [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation

noun

oscillation — vibration, libration — motion of a pendulum — nutation — undulation — pulsation — pulse.
alternation — coming and going etc. v. — ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down.
fluctuation — vacillation etc. (irresolution) 605.
wave, vibratiuncle^†, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch, dodge — logan^†, loggan^†, rocking-stone, vibroscope^†.

verb

oscillate — vibrate, librate^† — alternate, undulate, wave — rock, swing — pulsate, beat — wag, waggle — nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy — tick — play — wamble^†, wabble^† — dangle, swag.
fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake — quiver, quaver — shake, flicker — wriggle — roll, toss, pitch — flounder, stagger, totter — move up and down, bob up and down etc. adv. — pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go — vacillate etc. 605 — teeter [U.S.].
brandish, shake, flourish.

adjective

oscillating etc. v. — oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory^†, libratory, rectilinear — vibratory, vibratile^† — pendulous.

adverb

to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble^†, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well.

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