simple harmonic motion

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simple harmonic motion (plural simple harmonic motions)

  1. (mathematics, mechanics) 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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