{
  "id": "oscillation.motion",
  "term": "oscillation",
  "sense": "motion",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 3,
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A pattern of change that repeats between two states over time.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "change.process",
      "repeats.action",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "Change repeats between two states across time.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "back-and-forth motion",
      "regular timing"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "motion.movement",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "oscillation is a kind of motion"
    },
    {
      "id": "rhythm.temporal",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "rhythm emphasizes timing; oscillation emphasizes state change"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "oscillation",
    "oscillations"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-oscillation.motion"
}