Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oscillative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-cilla-tive
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to oscillate; oscillatory, oscillating.

Example Sentences

"c. 1860-1861, Isaac Taylor, Logic in Theology this oscillative antagonism between incompatible paradoxes"

Etymology

From oscillate + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: oscillate

Derived Forms

oscillatively oscillativity

Questions

What does oscillative mean?: Tending to oscillate; oscillatory, oscillating.
Where does oscillative come from?: From oscillate + -ive.

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