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Webster 1913 Edition

Oscillating

Os′cil-laˊting

(ŏs′sĭl-lāˊtĭng)

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Adj.

That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.

Oscillating engine

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a steam engine whose cylinder oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed in a perpendicular or other direction.

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