English-Thai Dictionary

oscillate

VI มี ความคิด โลเล  สองจิตสองใจ  vacillate waver me-kwam-kid-lo-lea

 

oscillate

VI แกว่ง ไปมา  ส่าย ไปมา  sway waver stay stand kwang-pai-ma

 

oscillate about / around

PHRV แกว่งไปแกว่งมา  kwang-pai-kwang-ma

 

oscillate between

PHRV แกว่ง ไปมา ระหว่าง  kwang-pai-ma-ra-wang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OSCILLATE

v.i.[L. oscillo, from ant. cillo, Gr. to move. ] To swing; to move backward and forward; to vibrate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OSCILLATE

Os "cil *late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oscillated; p. pr. & vb. n.Oscillating. ] Etym: [L. oscillare to swing, fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig. , a little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Osculate. ]

 

1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

 

2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth. The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits. Dc Quincey.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

oscillate

os cil late |ˈäsəˌlāt ˈɑsəˌleɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 move or swing back and forth at a regular speed: a pendulum oscillates about its lowest point. • [ with adverbial ] waver between extremes of opinion, action, or quality: he was oscillating between fear and bravery. 2 Physics vary in magnitude or position in a regular manner around a central point. • (of a circuit or device ) cause the electric current or voltage running through it to behave in this way. DERIVATIVES os cil la to ry |əˈsiləˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin oscillat- ‘swung, ’ from the verb oscillare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

oscillate

oscillate |ˈɒsɪleɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm: the grain pan near the front of the combine oscillates back and forth. • [ with adverbial ] vary or fluctuate between two states, limits, opinions, etc.: he was oscillating between fear and bravery. 2 Physics vary in magnitude or position in a regular manner about a central point. • (of a circuit or device ) cause the electric current or voltage running through it to behave in this way. DERIVATIVES oscillatory |ɒˈsɪlət (ə )ri, ˈɒsɪləˌt (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin oscillat- ‘swung ’, from the verb oscillare.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

oscillate

oscillate verb 1 the pendulum started to oscillate: swing, swing back and forth, swing to and fro, sway; informal wigwag. 2 oscillating between fear and bravery: waver, swing, fluctuate, alternate, seesaw, yo-yo, sway, vacillate, waffle, hover; informal wobble.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

oscillate

oscillate verb 1 the pendulum started to oscillate: swing, sway, swing from side to side, swing back and forth, swing backwards and forwards, swing to and fro, vibrate; N. Amer. informal wigwag. 2 he was oscillating between fear and bravery: waver, swing, fluctuate, alternate, see-saw, veer, yo-yo, sway, go from one extreme to the other, vary, vacillate, teeter, hover; informal wobble, blow hot and cold.

 

French Dictionary

oscillateur

oscillateur n. m. électricité Dispositif électrique destiné à produire un courant alternatif dont la fréquence est déterminée par les caractéristiques propres du dispositif (GDT ). Prononciation Attention à la prononciation: les deux l se prononcent comme un seul, [ɔsilatœr ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

oscillate

os cil late /ɑ́sɪlèɪt |ɔ́s -/動詞 自動詞 1 〘物理 経 数 〙(2点間を )振動する, 規則的に変動する .2 ｟かたく ｠ «…の間を » (心が )揺れ動く «between » .3 〘電 〙(電流が )振動する, 〈方向が 〉規則的に変動する .ó s cil l à to ry 形容詞