Relating to or characterized by oscillation; having a repetitive back-and-forth motion. The oscillatory movement of the pendulum was mesmerizing to watch.
Involving or causing fluctuations or variations, especially in a regular pattern. The oscillatory nature of the stock market can make it difficult to predict long-term trends.
In mathematics, describing a function, sequence, or integral that varies rapidly in sign or magnitude. The analyst applied stationary phase methods to estimate the oscillatory integral.