Ŏs'cil-lā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. oscillatio, Fr. oscillation, Sp. oscilacion, It. oscillazione.] The act of oscillating; a moving backward and forward, or swinging like a pendulum; vibration.

His [Mackintosh's] mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the oscillation were not very remote. Macaulay.