How to Use oscillation in a Sentence

oscillation

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  • There has been oscillation between optimism and pessimism among voters.
  • But each time the device is powered up, the phase of the oscillation can take on one of two states.
    — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 19 July 2023
  • The oscillation is rarely this intense, and its hold rarely lasts this long.
    — Brian K Sullivan, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
  • The length of the oscillation from the eastern limit to the western limit is four and a half inches.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
  • The higher the rate of oscillation, the more complex those figures will be.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The storm’s the large wind field means that oscillations east or west will affect the storm’s severity on land.
    — Eric Zerkel, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Whether the oscillation shifts to neutral this summer or to a La Niña remains to be seen.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
  • What is the odd oscillation that sets these crystals apart?
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
  • With these alpha waves suppressed, Neely says, the slower oscillations, like the theta waves of light sleep, take over.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
  • On fan mode, the device cools a room down with its 350-degree oscillation.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • The space heater has two settings — high heat and low heat — an adjustable timer, and a wide oscillation that helps to further push hot air into the room.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Either way, Hu thinks the oscillations could be responsible for at most one-third of the wind speedup.
    — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 5 Feb. 2020
  • In many species, this oscillation occurs in a 20-or-so-year cycle.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 29 June 2024
  • The fan makes cooling down your home a breeze, with 90-degree wide-angle oscillation that provides cool air to both large and small rooms.
    — Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
  • But not much has created quite as much stir and oscillation between good and bad as the humble egg.
    — Matthew Kadey Rd, Outside Online, 7 May 2021
  • The clothes are washed by the oscillation of a rocking chair, the rocking being effected by the hands of the operator, which grasp a hand bar, as shown.
    — Dan Schlenoff, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2021
  • To start, the researchers compared the waves to the sound oscillations produced by a musician standing in a music hall.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Think of it this way: light is an optical oscillation made up of photons.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 June 2019
  • Thanks to its 90-degree oscillation, the fan covers plenty of ground.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
  • There are low and high frequency oscillations and convoys of spike trains.
    — Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The fan has a wide 85-degree oscillation angle and 24-degree tilt angle to keep the room cool from all directions.
    — Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2024
  • The fan is able to quickly cool down small living spaces thanks to its powerful breeze and oscillation.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The unique internal oscillation keeps the fan stable while still pushing air throughout the room.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • So, instead of oscillations that travel down the length of a string, a light wave is an oscillation in both the electric and magnetic fields.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The Echo Show 10 puts a new, intriguing twist on a working formula: Alexa with all of her knowledge and handy tricks, a display and, now, oscillation.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The fan mode is complete with a 350-degree oscillation while the air purifier works to trap pollutants to make the air around you cleaner.
    — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The only way to probe the heart of a star is with asteroseismology, the study of stellar oscillations.
    — WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The 1,500-watt space heater has a high and low heat setting, complete with a wide oscillation that evenly distributes hot air throughout any room.
    — Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 9 Jan. 2022
  • However, the clock period — the time between two peaks in an oscillation — is not.
    — Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Again, the effect was strongest when the positive words coincided with the up phase of slow oscillations.
    — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024

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