oscillation

Other forms of oscillation

plural

oscillations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about oscillation

What does oscillation mean?

oscillation means "the process of oscillating between states". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oscillation?

oscillation has 4 syllables: o-scil-la-tion. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌɑsəˈleɪʃən/.

What is another word for oscillation?

Close synonyms include vibration, cycle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oscillation a common word?

oscillation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with oscillation?

65 words rhyme with oscillation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.