PERIODIC MOTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does periodic motion mean? 

• PERIODIC MOTION (noun)
  The noun PERIODIC MOTION has 1 sense:

1. motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same

  Familiarity information: PERIODIC MOTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIODIC MOTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

periodic motion; periodic movement

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

motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

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

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