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  • 34oscillation — [ ɔsilasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1605; lat. oscillatio 1 ♦ Mouvement d un corps qui oscille. ⇒ balancement, branle. Oscillation d un pendule. ♢ Phys. Variation alternative d une grandeur, en fonction du temps, autour d une valeur fixe. ⇒ sinusoïde.… …

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  • 35vaciller — [ vasije; vasile ] v. intr. <conjug. : 1> • v. 1180; lat. vacillare 1 ♦ Aller de droite et de gauche, être en équilibre instable et risquer de tomber. ⇒ se balancer, chanceler, trembler. Vaciller sur ses jambes. « Il lui sembla que les murs …

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  • 36doubt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Indecision Nouns 1. doubt, dubiousness, dubiety; unbelief, skepticism, pyrrhonism, disbelief; agnosticism, irreligion; incredulity, discredit; credibility gap, image spill. See improbability, dejection.… …

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  • 37instability — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. changeableness, unsteadiness, inconstancy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inconstancy, changeability, immaturity, mutability, variability, unstableness, nonuniformity, inconsistency, irregularity, imbalance …

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  • 38oscillation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fluctuation Nouns oscillation; vibration, libration, nutation, undulation; pulsation, pulse; fluctuation, vacillation, wavering; wave, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance; alternation, reciprocation;… …

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  • 39hesitation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Doubt] Syn. equivocation, skepticism, irresolution; see doubt 2 , uncertainty 2 . 2. [Delay] Syn. wavering, delaying, procrastination, dawdling, vacillation, fluctuation, oscillation, faltering; see also delay 1 , pause 1 ,… …

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  • 40Changeableness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Changeableness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 changeableness changeableness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 mutability mutability inconstancy Sgm: N 1 versatility versatility mobility Sgm: N 1 instability instability unstable e …

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