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Oscillation vs Variability - What's the difference?

oscillation | variability |

As nouns the difference between oscillation and variability

is that oscillation is the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated while variability is the state or characteristic of being variable.

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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    variability

    English

    Noun

    (variabilities)
  • the state or characteristic of being variable
  • the degree to which a thing is variable. In data or statistics this is often a measurement of distance from the mean or a description of data range.

    • Synonyms

    * variableness

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