oscillation
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change, fluctuation, flux, inconstancy
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And convection starts bringing the products of these oscillations higher up into the planet's envelope. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Jupiter may have had a head-on collision with a massive protoplanet," 14 Aug. 2019 Flavor swapping, also called neutrino oscillations, explains those deficits. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, "Resurrected detector will hunt for some of the strangest particles in the universe," 8 Aug. 2019 These oscillations would also arise if instead the universe experienced a period of rapid inflation. — Quanta Magazine, "A New Test for the Leading Big Bang Theory," 11 Sep. 2018 Leave aside for the moment whether these oscillations are the result of Chinese government policy or market forces. — Wired, "Listen, Here’s Why the Value of China’s Yuan Really Matters," 7 Aug. 2019 Some studies have even linked disturbances in these oscillations to various neurological diseases, including schizophrenia and Alzheimer's. — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, "“Metronome” Neurons Act Like Timekeepers in Mouse Brains," 18 July 2019 At long distances, the neutrinos have enough time to shift to a new identity, allowing us to study flavor oscillations. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Weird neutrino excess won’t go away, hints at new physics," 8 June 2018 It should be noted that fluctuations in large-scale natural oscillations in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans also factor into the ebb and flow of moisture, heat and wildfire activity in the West. — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, "Wildfires could grow exponentially as climate warms, study warns," 17 July 2019 Think of it this way: light is an optical oscillation made up of photons. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Scientists found these old photographs contain metallic nanoparticles," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'oscillation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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