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Young-Helmholtz laws |
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Young-Helmholtz laws [¦yəŋ ′helm‚hōlts ‚lȯz] (mechanics) Two laws describing the motion of bowed strings; the first states that no overtone with a node at the point of excitation can be present; the second states that when the string is bowed at a distance of 1/ntimes the string's length from one of the ends, wherenis an integer, the string moves back and forth with two constant velocities, one of which has the same direction as that of the bow and is equal to it, while the other has the opposite direction and isn- 1 times as large. 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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