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Periodic motion
motion repeated in equal intervals of time. Periodic motion is performed, for example, by a
rocking chair, a bouncing ball, a vibrating tuning fork, a swing in motion, the Earth in its orbit
around the Sun, and a water wave. the number of periods per unit time is called the frequency.
Thus, the period of the Earths orbit is one year, and its frequency is one orbit per year. A tuning
fork might have a frequency of 1,000 cycles per second and a period of 1 millisecond.
ROLLING MOTION
Rolling is a type of motion that combines rotation (commonly, of an axially symmetric object)
and translation of that object with respect to a surface (either one or the other moves), such that, if
ideal conditions exist, the two are in contact with each other without sliding.
No sliding takes place if and only if the instantaneous velocity of the rolling object in the point(s) in
which it contacts the surface is the same as that of the surface; this is referred to as pure rolling. In
particular, for a reference plane in which the rolling surface is at rest, the instantaneous velocity of
the point of contact of the rolling object is zero.
translational motion
Translational motion is the motion by which a body shifts from one point in space to
another.
Rectlinear motion
Rectilinear motion is a motion along a straight line, and can therefore be described mathematically
using only one spatial dimension.
rectiLinear motion is the most basic of all motion. According to Newton's first law of motion, objects
that do not experience any net force will continue to move in a straight line with a constant velocity
until they are subjected to a net force. Under everyday circumstances, external forces such as
gravity and friction
Curvilinear motion
A simple pendulum consists of a relatively massive object hung by a string from a fixed
support. It typically hangs vertically in its equilibrium position. When the mass is
displaced from equilibrium, it begins its back and forth vibration about its fixed
equilibrium position.