Usually means: Moves or swings back and forth.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. oscillates: Merriam-Webster
  2. oscillates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. oscillates: Vocabulary.com
  4. oscillates: Wiktionary
  5. oscillates: Dictionary.com
  6. oscillates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  7. oscillates: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. oscillates: Wordnik
  9. oscillates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oscillates: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oscillates: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. oscillates: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. oscillates: Medical dictionary

(Note: See oscillate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (oscillate)

verb:  (intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
verb:  (intransitive) To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.
verb:  (intransitive) To vary above and below a mean value.
▸ Also see oscillate


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