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• Simple harmonic motion — is the motion of a simple harmonic oscillator, a motion that is neither driven nor damped. The motion is periodic, as it repeats itself at standard intervals in a specific manner described as being sinusoidal, with constant amplitude. It is… …   Wikipedia

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• phase — I. noun Etymology: New Latin phasis, from Greek, appearance of a star, phase of the moon, from phainein to show (middle voice, to appear) more at fancy Date: circa 1750 1. a particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• phase velocity — noun : the velocity of a wave motion as determined by the product of the wavelength and frequency called also wave velocity; compare group velocity, particle velocity * * * Physics. the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated,… …   Useful english dictionary

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