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Vacillation vs Oscillation - What's the difference?

vacillation | oscillation |

As nouns the difference between vacillation and oscillation

is that vacillation is indecision in speech or action while oscillation is the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated.

vacillation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Indecision in speech or action.
  • Changing location by moving back and forth.

    • Synonyms

    * (indecision) hesitation, wavering * (motion) swing, swinging

    See also

    *vacillate

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    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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