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# oscillating

verb form (present participle of oscillate: oscillate, oscillates, oscillated, oscillating); adjective (oscillating)

«oscillating» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Swinging or moving back and forth regularly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscillating/#m1)
2. (adjective) Moving or turning from side to side, as in "an oscillating fan". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscillating/#m2)
3. Changing back and forth between two states or feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscillating/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in science (oscillating pendulums, waves, springs, oscillating current) and in everyday talk (oscillating fans, oscillating sprinklers in the garden). In stories it describes swaying or wavering.

### Examples

- An oscillating fan turns from side to side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscillating/#x1)
- The oscillating sprinkler watered the whole lawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscillating/#x2)
- We timed the oscillating pendulum in science. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscillating/#x3)
- The pendulum kept oscillating for a long time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscillating/#x4)
- The prices kept oscillating up and down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscillating/#x5)
- The oscillating light on the lighthouse swept across the bay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscillating/#x6)

### Note

"-ing" form of "oscillate": drop the "e". Double s, double l.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The three mother letters A, M and SH are compared to a scale, with good in one pan, evil in the other, and the tongue as the pointer between. In the primary lessons: Used in science (oscillating pendulums, waves, springs, oscillating current) and in everyday talk (oscillating fans, oscillating sprinklers in the garden). In stories it describes swaying or wavering.

### Examples

- The three mother letters A, M, SH are the foundations of the whole; and resemble a Balance, the good in one scale, the evil in the other, and the oscillating tongue of the Balance between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#x1)

### Note

"-ing" form of "oscillate": drop the "e". Double s, double l.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «oscillating» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscillating/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«oscillating» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oscillating.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «oscillating» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«oscillating» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oscillating.html) on Mova free.