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Oscillation vs Libration - What's the difference?

oscillation | libration |

As nouns the difference between oscillation and libration

is that oscillation is the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated while libration is the act of librating.

oscillation

English

Noun

(wikipedia oscillation) (en noun)
  • the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
  • a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
  • a single such cycle
  • (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by \inf\left\{\mathrm{diam}(f(U))\mid U\mathrm{\ is\ a\ neighborhood\ of\ }x\right\}, and describes the difference (possibly ?) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.

    • Related terms

    * oscillator

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    libration

    English

    (wikipedia libration)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of librating.
  • (astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface.
  • (by extension) A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.

    • Related terms

    * librate