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振動 — meaning in English

shindō

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English meaning

  • oscillate verb To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
  • oscillation noun the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
  • vibration noun A rapid, repeated back-and-forth movement, or the state of shaking in this way.

Senses

振動 is used for these senses in English:

  • oscillate (intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
  • oscillation the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
  • vibration The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.

oscillate — full definition

  1. verb To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
  2. verb To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.
  3. verb To vary above and below a mean value.

oscillation — full definition

  1. noun the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
  2. noun a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
  3. noun a single such cycle
  4. noun (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf diam(f(U))∣Uisaneighborhoodofx, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.