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Frequency
Frequency measures the number of times something occurs in a specific amount of time. For example, if someone visits the grocery store twice a week, her shopping frequency is 2 visits per week. While frequency can be used to measure the rate of any action, in technical applications it is typically used to measure wave rates or processing speed. These frequencies often occur multiple times per second and therefore are measured in hertz (Hz) or related units of measurement, such as megahertz orgigahertz

Ac supply
AC is short for alternating current. This means that the direction of current flowing in a circuit is constantly being reversed back and forth. This is done with any type of AC current/voltage source. The electrical current in your house is alternating current. This comes from power plants that are operated by the electric company. Those big wires you see stretching across the countryside are carrying AC current from the power plants to the loads, which are in our homes and businesses. The direction of current is switching back and forth 60 times each second.

APPARATUS:
1. Vibograph
A vibrograph is a device which detects vibrations and charts them. These devices can be used in a number of different settings, and some creative individuals have even made their own for specialty projects. Numerous companies manufacture vibrographs for various applications, and they are available for sale through suppliers of scientific equipment, as well as directly through some manufacturers. Many manufacturers can also create custom equipment for specialized applications by request from customers.

2. Weight box
A channel in a window frame in which the sash weights move up and down

3. Wedges
Wedge, piece of wood or metal thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other; an application of the inclined plane. It is employed in separating two objects from each other or in separating one part of a solid object from an adjoining part, as in splitting wood. The thin edge is applied to the surface of the solid or to the crack between two solids, and force is applied to the opposite thick edge. The ax, chisel, knife, nail, and carpenter's plane are wedges, and the cam is a rotating wedge.

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4. Meter scale
The metre (meter in American English), symbol m, is the fundamental unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).[1]Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole (at sea level),

5. Thread
A long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving.

WORKING FORMULA:
f= (1/2L)(Mo g/m)1/2
where, f is the frequency of AC supply.

Frequency
Frequency measures the number of times something occurs in a specific amount of time. For example, if someone visits the grocery store twice a week, her shopping frequency is 2 visits per week. While frequency can be used to measure the rate of any action, in technical applications it is typically used to measure wave rates or processing speed. L is the length of one loop.

Length
In geometric measurements, length is the longest dimension of an object.[1] In other contexts "length" is the measured dimension of an object. For example it is possible to cut a length of a wire which is shorter than wire thickness. Length may be distinguished from height, which is vertical extent, and width or breadth, which are the distance from side to side, measuring across the object at right angles to the length. Length is a measure of one dimension, whereas area is a measure of two dimensions (length squared) and volume is a measure of three dimensions (length cubed). In mostsystems of measurement, the unit of length is a fundamental unit, from which other units are defined. Mo is the mass in the pan plus the mass of the pan.

Mass
In physics, mass refers to the quantity of matter in an object. More specifically, inertial mass is a quantitative measure of an object's resistance to acceleration.

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Physics Lab Report -------------------------------------------------------------------Department Of Computer Science Mass is measured by determining the extent to which a particle or object resists a change in its direction or speed when a force is applied. Isaac Newton stated: A stationary mass remains stationary, and a mass in motion at a constant speed and in a constant direction maintains that state of motion, unless acted on by an outside force. For a given applied force,large masses are accelerated to a small extent, and small masses are accelerated to a large extent.
G is the acceleration due to gravity.

Acceleration
In physics, acceleration is the rate at which the velocity of a body changes with time.[1] In general, velocity and acceleration arevector quantities, with magnitude and direction,[2][3] though in many cases only magnitude is considered (sometimes with negative values for deceleration). Acceleration is accompanied by a force, as described by Newton's Second Law; the force, as a vector, is the product of the mass of the object being accelerated and the acceleration (vector). The SI unit of acceleration is the meter per second squared (m/s2).

Gravity
Gravitation, or gravity, is the natural phenomenon by which physical bodies appear to attract each other with a force proportional to their masses. It is most commonly experienced as the agent that gives weight to objects with mass and causes them to fall to the ground when dropped. The phenomenon of gravitation itself, however, is a byproduct of a more fundamental phenomenon described bygeneral relativity, which suggests that spacetime is curved according to the presence of matter through a yet-to-be discovered mechanism. Gravitation is one of the four fundamental interactions of nature, along with electromagnetism, and the nuclear strong force and weak force. In modern physics, the phenomenon of gravitation is most accurately described by the general theory of relativity by Einstein, in which the phenomenon itself is a consequence of the curvature of spacetime governing the motion of inertial objects. The simplerNewton's law of universal gravitation provides an accurate approximation for most physical situations including calculations as critical as spacecraft trajectory.

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