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oscillation

[os-uh-ley-shuhn] / ˌɒs əˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
swinging
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The strongest driver of such events does not appear to be the annual oscillation of warm air temperatures that drives the seasonal behaviour of Greenland glacier earthquakes.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Prof. Arthur McDonald, who received the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of solar neutrino oscillation, commented on the publication:

From Science Daily Jun. 12, 2026

As they move through space, they can switch from one flavor to another in a process called oscillation.

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2026

These particles can transform from one type to another through a phenomenon known as oscillation.

From Science Daily Dec. 18, 2025

And the subsequent political history of the United States then became an oscillation between new versions of the old tension, which broke out in violence only on the occasion of the Civil War.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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