oscillate: Meaning and Definition of

os•cil•late

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. to have, produce, or generate oscillations.
4. (of a function, sequence, etc.) to tend to no limit, including infinity: The sequence 0, 1, 0, 1, … oscillates.

1. to cause to move to and fro; vibrate.