free vibration

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the vibration of a structure that occurs at its natural frequency, as opposed to a forced vibration

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How to use free vibration in a sentence

Perhaps another reason may be named in the wood being so ripe and dry as to permit free vibration.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
The so-called "nasal twang" that sounds so unpleasant is a mouth tone prevented from free vibration through the nose.
Certain Success|Norval A. Hawkins
Whatever hinders the free vibration of tones makes displeasing impressions of the speaker.
Certain Success|Norval A. Hawkins
If the gas possesses no inertia then it cannot vibrate, for some inertia is necessary for the free vibration.
The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla|Thomas Commerford Martin

Any tension there interferes with the free vibration which is essential for strong and resonant tone.
Military Instructors Manual|James P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker