SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does simple harmonic motion mean? 

• SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION (noun)
  The noun SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION has 1 sense:

1. periodic motion in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement

  Familiarity information: SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Periodic motion in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("simple harmonic motion" is a kind of...):

harmonic motion (a periodic motion in which the displacement is either symmetrical about a point or is the sum of such motions)