Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Oscillation

Oscillation , noun

[Latin oscillatio a swinging.]

1.
The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
2.
Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the oscillation were not very remote. — Macaulay
Collocations (1)
Axis of oscillation or Center of oscillation , See under Axis, and Center.