Meanings
adjectiveoscillatory (comparative more oscillatory, superlative most oscillatory)
comparative more oscillatory · superlative most oscillatory
- That oscillates; oscillating.
The other usual cure – which presumably has recently been applied to the B.R. standard bogie at Swindon – is to change the vehicle's oscillatory characteristics by modifying its suspension.
1961 March, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 135–136 - Capable of sustaining oscillations.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving periodic vibrations
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Translations
German schwingend, periodisch
- schwingendoscillating
- periodischoscillating
- oszillierendoscillating
- oszillatorischoscillating
Greek ταλαντωτικός
- ταλαντωτικός (talantotikós)oscillating
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Chicago
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