Oscillatory

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oscillatory \Os"cil*la*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. oscillatoire. See
     {Oscillate}.]
     Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like
     a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory
     motion.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oscillatory
       adj : having periodic vibrations [syn: {oscillating}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "oscillatory":
     alternate, beating, circling, cyclic, epochal, even, every other,
     fluctuant, fluctuating, fluctuational, harmonic, intermittent,
     isochronal, libratory, measured, metronomic, nutational,
     oscillating, pendular, pendulating, pendulous, periodic,
     periodical, pulsing, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, resonant,
     rhythmic, rotary, seasonal, serial, shilly-shally,
     shilly-shallying, steady, undulant, undulatory, vacillating,
     vacillatory, vibratile, vibrating, vibratory, wavelike, wavering,
     wheeling, wobbly