Definition:Damped Harmonic Motion
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Definition
Damped harmonic motion happens when a body that ideally would undergo simple harmonic motion is subject to some form of force which causes motion to be retarded.
In practice, this is usual caused by viscosity of the medium in which the body is moving.
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Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): damped harmonic motion
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): damped harmonic motion