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Chapter 11 vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Pendulum | a swinging lever so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum |
Cycle | a unit of motion that repeats over and over |
Frequency | in harmonics, the number of cycles an oscillator makes per second |
Amplitude | the maximum distance from the average in harmonic motion; often a distance or an angle |
Period | the time for one cycle |
Oscillator | a system that shows harmonic motion |
Damping | a decreasing of the amplitude of an electrical or mechanical wave |
Linear motion | motion along a straight line |
Harmonic motion | motion that repeats itself |
Hertz | a unit of one cycle per second used to measure frequency |
Phase | refers to where an oscillator is in its cycle |