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Oscillation is a repeating back-and-forth movement, like a mass bouncing on a spring, where something repeatedly returns to a starting position. It matters because oscillatory systems are everywhere in nature and technology—from the vibrations in musical instruments to the behavior of atoms—making them fundamental to understanding how the world works.

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Commons category: Oscillation

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Simple harmonic oscillation
Two-dimensional oscillators
Anisotropic oscillators
Damped oscillations
Driven oscillations
Resonance
Coupled oscillations
Small oscillation approximation
Continuous system – waves
Mathematics
Examples
Mechanical
Electrical
Electro-mechanical
Optical
Biological
Human
Economic and social
Climate and geophysics
Astrophysics
Quantum mechanical
Chemical
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right|frame|An undamped Harmonic oscillator#Spring–mass system|spring–mass system is an oscillatory system.

Oscillation is the repetitive or periodic variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states. Familiar examples of oscillation include a swinging pendulum and alternating current. Oscillations can be used in physics to approximate complex interactions, such as those between atoms.