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  2. Harmonic oscillator - Wikipedia

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    The period, the time for one complete oscillation, is given by the expression = =, which is a good approximation of the actual period when is small. Notice that in this approximation the period τ {\displaystyle \tau } is independent of the amplitude θ 0 {\displaystyle \theta _{0}} .

  3. Simple harmonic motion - Wikipedia

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    The equation for describing the period: = shows the period of oscillation is independent of the amplitude, though in practice the amplitude should be small. The above equation is also valid in the case when an additional constant force is being applied on the mass, i.e. the additional constant force cannot change the period of oscillation.

  4. Oscillation - Wikipedia

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    The time taken for an oscillation to occur is often referred to as the oscillatory period. The systems where the restoring force on a body is directly proportional to its displacement, such as the dynamics of the spring-mass system, are described mathematically by the simple harmonic oscillator and the regular periodic motion is known as simple ...

  5. Phase (waves) - Wikipedia

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    5 Formula for phase of an oscillation or a periodic signal. ... (such as time) is an angle ... These signals are periodic with period = ...

  6. List of equations in wave theory - Wikipedia

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    A wave can be longitudinal where the oscillations are parallel (or antiparallel) to the propagation direction, or transverse where the oscillations are perpendicular to the propagation direction. These oscillations are characterized by a periodically time-varying displacement in the parallel or perpendicular direction, and so the instantaneous ...

  7. Frequency - Wikipedia

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    The period T is the time taken to complete one cycle of an oscillation or rotation. The frequency and the period are related by the equation [4] =. The term temporal frequency is used to emphasise that the frequency is characterised by the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time.

  8. Pendulum - Wikipedia

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    The time for one complete cycle, a left swing and a right swing, is called the period. The period depends on the length of the pendulum and also to a slight degree on the amplitude, the width of the pendulum's swing. The regular motion of pendulums was used for timekeeping and was the world's most accurate timekeeping technology until the 1930s ...

  9. Seconds pendulum - Wikipedia

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    The time for one complete cycle, a left swing and a right swing, is called the period. The period depends on the length of the pendulum, and also to a slight degree on its weight distribution (the moment of inertia about its own center of mass) and the amplitude (width) of the pendulum's swing.