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Chapter 11 vocab
Term | Definition |
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Pendulum | a swinging lever, weighted at the lower end, for regulating the speed of a clock mechanism. |
Cycle | any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated. |
Frequency | the number of periods or regularly occurring events of any given kind in unit of time, usually in one second. |
Amplitude | the absolute value of the maximum displacement from a zero value during one period of an oscillation. |
Period | a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history |
Oscillator | a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components. |
Damping | a decreasing of the amplitude of an electrical or mechanical wave. |
Linear motion |