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Definition of Simple harmonic motion
1. Noun. Periodic motion in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement.
Definition of Simple harmonic motion
1. Noun. (mathematics physics) oscillating motion (as of a pendulum) in which the acceleration of the oscillator has an equal magnitude but opposite direction to the displacement of it from the equilibrium position ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Simple Harmonic Motion
Literary usage of Simple harmonic motion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"simple harmonic motion.—If the velocity of a point does not vary uniformly, the'
acceleration is not constant, and hence the equations of Art. 124 do not ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In our further remarks • about simple harmonic motion the following terms ...
If the position of the point moving with simple harmonic motion be denoted by ..."
3. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"The velocity curve of the combination of simple harmonic motion and uniform ...
The first movement of a second simple harmonic motion of equal amplitude, ..."
4. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"The velocity curve of the combination of simple harmonic motion and ... The first
movement of a second simple harmonic motion of equal amplitude, ..."
5. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1914)
"The velocity curve of the combination of simple harmonic motion and uniform ...
The first movement of a second simple harmonic motion of equal amplitude, ..."
6. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1914)
"The velocity curve of the combination of simple harmonic motion and ... The first
movement of a second simple harmonic motion of equal amplitude, ..."
7. A College Text-book of Physics by Arthur Lalanne Kimball (1911)
"simple harmonic motion.—If a body moving with constant speed in a circular path
is observed from a distant point in the plane of the circle, it appears to ..."
8. Differential and Integral Calculus by Clyde Elton Love (1916)
"simple harmonic motion. If a point P moves in a circle with constant angular
velocity &>, the motion of the projection P* of P on a diameter of the circle ..."
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