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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Economists predict continuing oscillation of the Japanese yen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A series of such oscillations, aided perhaps by marine erosion, is probably an important cause of island formation.
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Both heavy weights and light weights have slow and fast oscillations.
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In wave terms this corresponds to the direction in which the oscillations take place.
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Table 6. 1 shows these four combinations and the observed results on oscillation .
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The liquid helps to support the weight of the compass card, and also dampens oscillation .
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The tanks travelled up and down the incline with a freeboard of about nine inches and little water oscillation .
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Volcanologists now recognize these oscillations as a red flag that a volcano is entering a dangerous phase.
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When the string is short, the oscillation is always fast.