osilasyon
osilásyon with stress marks
oscillation; moving or swinging
Usage Note
Osilasyon is a technical term borrowed from English and is used in physics, engineering, and electronics instruction. In everyday Tagalog it rarely appears outside academic or technical contexts; more colloquial words like pag-uga are used for describing swinging or vibrating motions.
Examples
" Mabilis ang osilasyon ng pendulum. "
Natural Translation
The oscillation of the pendulum is fast.
Literal Translation
Fast the oscillation of pendulum.
" Sinusukat ng makina ang osilasyon ng alon. "
Natural Translation
The machine measures the oscillation of the wave.
Literal Translation
Measuring of machine the oscillation of wave.
" Ipinakita ng eksperimento na bumabagal ang osilasyon ng pendulum habang unti-unting nauubos ang lakas nito. "
Natural Translation
The experiment showed that the oscillation of the pendulum slows down as its energy is gradually used up.
Literal Translation
Showed by experiment that slows the oscillation of pendulum while gradually used-up the energy its.
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