restoring force
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The restoring force is directly proportional to the displacement of the object from its equilibrium point.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 1, 2021
Figure 16.4 shows a graph of the absolute value of the restoring force versus the displacement for a system that can be described by Hooke’s law—a simple spring in this case.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
More quantitatively, a wave is a displacement that is resisted by a restoring force.
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When a linear restoring force is exerted on an object displaced from an equilibrium position, the object will undergo a special type of motion called simple harmonic motion.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
It may therefore be compared with a pendulum of any kind which when displaced oscillates with a time period depending on its inertia and on its restoring force.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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