- oscill
- , -a, -o (L). Swing back and forth
Dictionary of word roots and combining forms . Donald J. Borror. 2013.
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oscill(o)- — [L. oscillare to swing] a combining form denoting relationship to oscillation … Medical dictionary
Writing of Principia Mathematica — Isaac Newton composed Principia Mathematica during 1685 and 1686.Authoring Principia Newton s major work mdash; Principia Mathematica In the other letters written in 1685 and 1686, he asks Flamsteed for information about the orbits of the moons… … Wikipedia
oscillate — /os euh layt /, v., oscillated, oscillating. v.i. 1. to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does. 2. to vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc.: He oscillates regularly between elation and despair. 3. Physics.… … Universalium
oscillogram — /euh sil euh gram /, n. Elect. the record produced by the action of an oscillograph or oscilloscope. [1900 05; < L oscill(are) to swing (see OSCILLATE) + O + GRAM1] * * * … Universalium
oscillograph — oscillographic, /euh sil euh graf ik/, adj. oscillography /os euh log reuh fee/, n. /euh sil euh graf , grahf /, n. Elect. a device for recording the wave forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into… … Universalium
oscillometer — oscillometric /os euh loh me trik, euh sil euh /, adj. oscillometry, n. /os euh lom i teuhr/, n. Med. an instrument for measuring oscillations, esp. those of the arterial pulse. [1895 1900; OSCILL(ATE) + O + METER] * * * … Universalium
oscilloscope — oscilloscopic /euh sil euh skop ik/, adj. oscilloscopically, adv. /euh sil euh skohp /, n. Elect. a device that uses a cathode ray tube or similar instrument to depict on a screen periodic changes in an electric quantity, as voltage or current.… … Universalium
Racinisation — La racinisation (ou désuffixation, ou stemming en anglais) est le nom donné au procédé qui vise à transformer les flexions en leur radical ou stemme. Il cherche à rassembler les différentes variantes flexionnelle et dérivationnelle d’un mot… … Wikipédia en Français
oscilo — Element prim de compunere savantă cu semnificaţia oscilaţie , oscilator , oscilatoriu . [var. oscil . / < fr., it. oscilo , cf. lat. oscillatio, fr. oscillation, it. oscillazione]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 30.06.2005. Sursa: DN OSCIL(O) elem … Dicționar Român
