What part of speech is oscillating?

Oscillating can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. oscillating is a verb, gerund of oscillate (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does oscillating mean?

Definitions

Adjective

oscillating - having periodic vibrations

Verb

oscillate - move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
oscillate - be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

Examples of oscillating

#   Sentence  
1. verb Wind and weather conditions on the Great Lakes may create a seiche, an oscillating wave which can be several feet high.
2. verb A seiche is a standing wave oscillating in a body of water.
3. verb His shoulders are rounded from much study, and his face protrudes forward, and is forever slowly oscillating from side to side in a curiously reptilian fashion.
Sentence  
verb
Wind and weather conditions on the Great Lakes may create a seiche, an oscillating wave which can be several feet high.
A seiche is a standing wave oscillating in a body of water.
His shoulders are rounded from much study, and his face protrudes forward, and is forever slowly oscillating from side to side in a curiously reptilian fashion.

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