Oscillate synonyms and antonyms

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palpitate
To throb; tremble
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sway
To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
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be unsteady
To fluctuate
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waver
(Intransitive) To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
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swing (related)
To ride on a swing.
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change (related)
To transfer from (one conveyance) to another:
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vary
(Intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
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vacillate
To fluctuate or oscillate
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vibrate
To give off (light or sound) by vibration
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wave (related)
A disturbance, oscillation, or vibration, either of a medium and moving through that medium (such as water and sound waves), or of some quantity with different values at different points in space, moving through space (such as electromagnetic waves or a quantum mechanical wave described by the wave function).
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flicker
To cause to move waveringly.
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fluctuate
To fluctuate is defined as to change in amount or rise and fall.
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pulsate
To vibrate; quiver
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rock
To excite or cause strong feeling in, as by playing rock music.
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unsteady
To render unsteady, removing balance.
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stay (antonym)
(Nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
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remain (antonym)
To endure or persist:
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move (related)
To be disposed of by sale:
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repetition (related)
To petition again.
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hover
To cause to hover:
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oscillation (related)
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vortex (related)
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magnetic field (related)
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pulsation (related)
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rotate (related)
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Oscillate Sentence Examples

  • The rods are caused to oscillate slowly by an engine, one rising while the other is falling.

  • The armature is placed between the poles of the electromagnet, and being magnetized by the magnet m it will oscillate to the right or left under the action of the poles of the electromagnet M according as the current passes through M in one direction or the other.

  • A condition, nystagmus, which sometimes develops in infancy, causes the eyes to jump, dance, wiggle, or oscillate.

  • Those apparent inconsistencies in the dimensions of the body and wings are readily explained by the greater muscular development of the heavy-bodied, small-winged insects, birds and bats, and the increased power and rapidity with which the wings in them are made to oscillate.

  • The eyes of an individual with nystagmus cannot remain still and oscillate in some position of gaze.

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