{ "oscillation":{ "a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the precise oscillations of the quartz crystal that allows a quartz watch to keep such accurate time" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "juddering", "quaking", "rocking", "jiggle", "palpitation", "quiver", "shake", "shiver", "shudder", "tremble", "tremor", "twitch" ], "synonyms":[ "jiggling", "quivering", "shaking", "shivering", "shuddering", "trembling", "twitching", "vibration" ] }, "the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "fickle springtime weather in which there seemed to be an unceasing oscillation between unseasonable heat and unseasonable cold" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "metamorphosis", "mutation", "transformation", "transmogrification", "transmutation", "vacillation", "wavering" ], "synonyms":[ "change", "fluctuation", "flux", "inconstancy" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }