Oscillation (Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro)
Nouns
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oscillation
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vibration, libration
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motion of a pendulum
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nutation
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undulation
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pulsation
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pulse. alternation
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coming and going etc. v.
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ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down. fluctuation
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vacillation etc. (irresolution) Irresolution. wave, vibratiuncle, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch, dodge
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logan, loggan, rocking-stone, vibroscope.
Verbs
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oscillate
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vibrate, librate
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alternate, undulate, wave
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rock, swing
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pulsate, beat
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wag, waggle
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nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy
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tick
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play
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wamble, wabble
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dangle, swag. fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake
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quiver, quaver
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shake, flicker
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wriggle
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roll, toss, pitch
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flounder, stagger, totter
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move up and down, bob up and down etc. adv.
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pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go
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vacillate etc. Irresolution
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teeter [U.S.]. brandish, shake, flourish.
Adjectives
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oscillating etc. v.
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oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory, libratory, rectilinear
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vibratory, vibratile
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pendulous.
Adverbs
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to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well.