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# oscillating

«oscillating» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Swinging or moving back and forth regularly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (present participle of oscillate: oscillate, oscillates, oscillated, oscillating); adjective (oscillating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Swinging or moving back and forth regularly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#m1)

2) (adjective) Moving or turning from side to side, as in "an oscillating fan". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#m2)

3) Changing back and forth between two states or feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The three mother letters A, M and SH are compared to a scale, with good in one pan, evil in the other, and the tongue as the pointer between. In the primary lessons: Used in science (oscillating pendulums, waves, springs, oscillating current) and in everyday talk (oscillating fans, oscillating sprinklers in the garden). In stories it describes swaying or wavering.

### examples

- The three mother letters A, M, SH are the foundations of the whole; and resemble a Balance, the good in one scale, the evil in the other, and the oscillating tongue of the Balance between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#x1)
- An oscillating fan turns from side to side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#x2)
- The oscillating sprinkler watered the whole lawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#x3)
- We timed the oscillating pendulum in science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#x4)
- The pendulum kept oscillating for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#x5)
- The prices kept oscillating up and down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#x6)
- The oscillating light on the lighthouse swept across the bay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/#x7)

### note

"-ing" form of "oscillate": drop the "e". Double s, double l.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oscillating» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oscillating/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.