natural frequency
Britishnoun
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Resonance, therefore, is when you hit the natural frequency of a system so that it oscillates.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2024
A planet and a swing both have a natural frequency.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2024
An ice sheet, like any solid, inherently vibrates at some natural frequency.
From Scientific American • Aug. 31, 2022
But that window could shift as the natural frequency of fires unique to any given forest ecosystem is increasingly disrupted.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2022
Let us also make the condenser a variable one so that we can change the natural frequency or tune of the circuit.
From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John
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