PERIODIC MOTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same

Synonyms:

periodic motion; periodic movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("periodic motion" is a kind of...):

motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "periodic motion"):

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

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