HARMONIC MOTION

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Meaning:

A periodic motion in which the displacement is either symmetrical about a point or is the sum of such motions

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("harmonic motion" is a kind of...):

periodic motion; periodic movement (motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harmonic motion"):

simple harmonic motion (periodic motion in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement)