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Oscillating current

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Os´cil`lat`ing current
1.(Elec.) A current alternating in direction.
Oscillating engine
a steam engine whose cylinder oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed in a perpendicular or other direction.
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After these events, detached large sponges are commonly found, still alive and intact, between reef spurs on sand or rubble where they slowly erode under the action of oscillating currents.
One is an instrument that uses an oscillating current in a strong magnetic field, which creates detectable ultrasonic vibrations.
 
 
 
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