Term: transient: (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
Broader: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Unrelated: drawler: someone who speaks with a drawl
Broader: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Unrelated: scrub pine: common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2
Broader: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Unrelated: finger: any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
Broader: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Unrelated: history department: the academic department responsible for teaching history
Broader: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Unrelated: elimination: the act of removing or getting rid of something
Broader: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Unrelated: trillium: any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
Broader: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Unrelated: low-sodium diet: a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders
Broader: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Unrelated: manganese steel: a steel with a relatively large component (10-14%) of manganese; highly resistant to wear and shock
Broader: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Unrelated: flashback: a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Broader: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean | Unrelated: tremella: fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain