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nounan Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
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- beat a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- field the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- hunt oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
- balance a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- tesla United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)
- scanner a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area
- quench electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
- ripple (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- muffler a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
- transient (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load