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Definition of Harmonic motion
1. Noun. A periodic motion in which the displacement is either symmetrical about a point or is the sum of such motions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harmonic Motion
Literary usage of Harmonic motion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"Simple harmonic motion.—If the velocity of a point does not vary uniformly, the'
acceleration is not constant, and hence the equations of Art. 124 do not ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The mathematical investigation of the form of a vibrating string led to such
phrases as harmonic curve, harmonic motion, harmonic function, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In our further remarks • about simple harmonic motion the following terms ...
If the position of the point moving with simple harmonic motion be denoted by ..."
4. Differential and Integral Calculus by Clyde Elton Love (1916)
"Simple harmonic motion. If a point P moves in a circle with constant angular
velocity &>, the motion of the projection Px of P on a diameter of the circle ..."
5. Differential and Integral Calculus by Clyde Elton Love (1916)
"Simple harmonic motion. If a point P moves in a circle with constant angular
velocity &>, the motion of the projection P* of P on a diameter of the circle ..."
6. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"Simple harmonic motion.—Simple harmonic motion is the name given to such ...
That is, in simple harmonic motion, the period is independent of the amplitude. ..."
7. A College Text-book of Physics by Arthur Lalanne Kimball (1911)
"Simple harmonic motion.—If a body moving with constant speed in a circular path
is observed from a distant point in the plane of the circle, it appears to ..."
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