oscillations

noun

1. 1

   The act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated

2. 2

   A regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean

3. 3

   A single such cycle

4. 4

   (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by \inf\left\{\mathrm{diam}(f(U))\mid U\mathrm{\ is\ a\ neighborhood\ of\ }x\right\}, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.