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   os·cil·la·tion

   /ˌäsəˈlāSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. movement back and forth at a regular speed: "the natural oscillation of a spring" Similar swingingswingswayingswinging from side to sideswinging backwards and forwardsswinging back and forthswinging to and frovibrationwaveringfluctuationsee-sawingvacillationyo-yoingvariation
   • ▪ variation or fluctuation between two extremes of opinion, action, or quality: "the plot's oscillation between bleak and comic elements"
   • 2. regular variation in magnitude or position around a central point.

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