Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

simple harmonic motion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: sim-ple har-mon-ic -mo-tion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

oscillating motion (as of a pendulum) in which the acceleration of the oscillator has an equal magnitude but opposite direction to the displacement of it from the equilibrium position.

Inflected Forms

simple harmonic motions (plural)

Phrases

simple harmonic oscillator

Frequently Paired Words

simple harmonic oscillator

Questions

What does simple harmonic motion mean?: oscillating motion (as of a pendulum) in which the acceleration of the oscillator has an equal magnitude but opposite direction to the displacement of it from the equilibrium position.

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