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natural frequency

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noun

  1. physics the frequency at which a system vibrates when set in free vibration Compare forcing frequency

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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

And if you want to set up an electrical oscillation in any circuit you can best do it by giving it impulses at intervals which agree with its natural frequency.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.

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