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periodic motionMotion that is repeated in equal intervals of time. The time of each interval is the period. Examples of periodic motion include a rocking chair, a bouncing ball, a vibrating guitar string, a swinging pendulum, and a water wave. See also simple harmonic motion. Periodic motion Any motion that repeats itself identically at regular intervals. If x(t) represents the displacement of any coordinate of the system at time t, a periodic motion has the property defined by the equation below for every value of ![]() The motion of the escapement mechanism of a watch, the motion of the Earth about the Sun, and the more complicated motion of the crankshaft, piston rods, and pistons in an engine running at uniform speed are all examples of periodic motion. The vibration of a piano string after it is struck is a damped periodic motion, not strictly periodic according to the definition. Although the motion very nearly repeats itself, and with a fixed repetition time, each successive cycle has a slightly smaller amplitude. See Damping, Harmonic motion, Vibration, Wave motion 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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This periodic movement, which the scientists say isn't linked to Southern California's earthquake activity, hasn't been measured before, says Gerald W. Linguist Johanna Nichols of the University of California, Berkeley, says the key to Indo-European's ascent was the periodic movement of ancestral tongues across central Eurasia, beginning around 7,000 years ago. |
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