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A pattern of change that repeats between two states over time.

Oscillation (noun) means: A pattern of change that repeats between two states over time. It emerges from change, repeats, time: Change repeats between two states across time. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 3, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

oscillation.motion · forms: oscillation, oscillations

Emergence

from: change repeats time
through: Change repeats between two states across time.

Chain to foundations

repeatsL1 repeats.action: to do a pattern again during timechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.oscillationL3 oscillation.motion: A pattern of change that repeats between two states over time.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built fromoscillationL3oscillation.motion — A pattern of change that repeats between two states over time.changeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.repeatsL1repeats.action — to do a pattern again during timetimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.

Relations

is-amotion.movementoscillation is a kind of motion
contrasts-withrhythm.temporalrhythm emphasizes timing; oscillation emphasizes state change

Provenance

author: openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6