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Webster 1913 Edition


Oscillating

Os′cil-laˊting

(ŏs′sĭl-lāˊtĭng)
,
Adj.
That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
Oscillating engine
,
a steam engine whose cylinder oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed in a perpendicular or other direction.
Weale.

Definition 2024


oscillating

oscillating

English

Adjective

oscillating (not comparable)

  1. Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion.

Verb

oscillating

  1. present participle of oscillate