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center of oscillation [′sen·tər əv ‚äs·ə′lā·shən] (mechanics) Point in a physical pendulum, on the line through the point of suspension and the center of mass, which moves as if all the mass of the pendulum were concentrated there. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Equation (3) tells us that during each time segment the motion of the block is harmonic with constant amplitude whose center of oscillation has been either shifted to the left or to the right of the equilibrium position by an amount [beta]. |
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