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oscillation

[os-uh-ley-shuhn] / ˌɒs əˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
swinging
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The explanation traces back to work by the French mathematician Gaston Floquet, who showed in the 19th century that systems exposed to periodic forces can develop entirely new oscillation states.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Understanding a process called neutrino oscillation, where these particles change "flavors" as they move, could help explain why matter triumphed over antimatter.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025

Physicists don't currently have enough data to disentangle two effects on the oscillation: mass ordering and a property called Charge Parity violation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

The collaboration observed a moderate amount of oscillation that could be explained in either mass ordering scenario with different amounts of CP violation, so they cannot tease apart the mass ordering and CP violation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

Speech patterning and characteristics appeared to be feminine in terms of oscillation of pitch and direct eye contact.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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