oscillated
Moved back forth
Oscillated is the past tense of oscillate, meaning to swing back and forth with regular rhythm, like a pendulum or metronome.
The term extends to any repeated movement between two positions, states, or extremes: The fan oscillated slowly across the room.
It also describes wavering between opinions or courses of action: She oscillated between staying and leaving for weeks.
In technical contexts, oscillated refers to electrical currents or signals that alternate in a regular pattern.
Showed unsteady resolve
- vacillatedChanged mind repeatedly
- fluctuatedVaried irregularly
- ditheredWas unable to decide
- waffledSpoke evasively, indecisively
equivocated · hesitated · seesawed · flip-flopped · teetered · faltered · shilly-shallied · fence-sitting
Varied irregularly
- variedDiffering in type
- shiftedChanged place or position
- swungMoved in curve
- alternatedChanged back and forth
cycled · ranged · seesawed · yo-yoed · bounced · veered · switched · toggled
Suspended swinging weight
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- swayRock back and forth
- reciprocateReturn in kind
back-and-forth · harmonic · resonance · frequency · amplitude · periodic · cyclic · alternating
wavered
Showed unsteady resolve
- vacillatedChanged mind repeatedly
- fluctuatedVaried irregularly
- ditheredWas unable to decide
waffled · equivocated · hesitated · seesawed · flip-flopped · teetered · faltered · shilly-shallied · fence-sitting · ambivalent
fluctuated
Varied irregularly
alternated · cycled · ranged · seesawed · yo-yoed · bounced · veered · switched · toggled · pivoted
pendulum
Suspended swinging weight
reciprocate · back-and-forth · harmonic · resonance · frequency · amplitude · periodic · cyclic · alternating · fluctuation
sine
Opposite over hypotenuse
wavelength · phase · harmonic · periodic · waveform · signal · hertz · cycle · crest · trough
oscillatedstood still
Ceased all movement
halted · stopped · rested · froze · stayed put
oscillatedstabilized
Made steady or constant
remained · persisted · plateaued · leveled off · equilibrated
oscillatedcommitted
Firmly pledged or bound
resolved · decided · persevered · locked in · doubled down
- oscillating fanRotating electric air circulator
- oscillating sprinklerRotating lawn water distributor
- local oscillatorInternal signal for frequency conversion
- oscillating sawBlade vibrates side-to-side
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