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simple harmonic motion

[′sim·pəl här′män·ik ′mō·shən]
(mechanics)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The original motivation for these ideas was to devise ways to improve the accuracy of our knowledge of G by timing the oscillation period of the simple harmonic motion. Though having some advantages over Earth-based G measurements, they also had drawbacks which ultimately prohibited them from ever being carried out.
What is the defining equation of simple harmonic motion? What is the gradient of this line representing?
Simple Harmonic Motion: Periodic vibration that is a sinusoidal function of time.
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