simple harmonic motion

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

   Broaderharmonic motion

Questions about simple harmonic motion

What does simple harmonic motion mean?

simple harmonic motion means "periodic motion in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement".

Is simple harmonic motion a common word?

simple harmonic motion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.