oscillated — os·cil·late || É‘sɪleɪt / É’s v. vary regularly between two positions; vacillate between two opinions; fluctuate between high and low values; swing predictably between two extremes … English contemporary dictionary
oscillate — [[t]ɒ̱sɪleɪt[/t]] oscillates, oscillating, oscillated 1) VERB If an object oscillates, it moves repeatedly from one position to another and back again, or keeps getting bigger and smaller. [FORMAL] I checked to see if the needle indicating volume … English dictionary
oscillate — UK [ˈɒsɪleɪt] / US [ˈɑsɪˌleɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms oscillate : present tense I/you/we/they oscillate he/she/it oscillates present participle oscillating past tense oscillated past participle oscillated 1) a) physics to move… … English dictionary
Atomic force microscope — The atomic force microscope (AFM) or scanning force microscope (SFM) is a very high resolution type of scanning probe microscope, with demonstrated resolution of fractions of a nanometer, more than 1000 times better than the optical diffraction… … Wikipedia
Adiabatic invariant — An adiabatic invariant is a property of a physical system which stays constant when changes are made slowly.In thermodynamics, an adiabatic process is a change that occurs without heat flow and slowly compared to the time to reach equilibrium. In … Wikipedia
calendar — calendrical /keuh len dri keuhl/, calendric, calendarial /kal euhn dair ee euhl/, calendarian, calendaric, adj. /kal euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar. 2. any … Universalium
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
von Kármán , Theodore — (1881–1963) Hungarian–American aerodynamicist The son of a distinguished educationist, von Kármán studied engineering at the Polytechnic in his native city of Budapest. After graduating in 1902 he taught at the Polytechnic until 1906 when he… … Scientists
oscillate — os|cil|late [ˈɔsıleıt US ˈa: ] v [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of oscillare [i] to swing , from oscillum swing ] 1.) formal to keep changing between two extreme amounts or limits ▪ The stock market is oscillating wildly at… … Dictionary of contemporary English
ASSIMILATION — ASSIMILATION. In general the sociocultural process in which the sense and consciousness of association with one national and cultural group changes to identification with another such group, so that the merged individual or group may partially or … Encyclopedia of Judaism
