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Eigenfrequency

Natural frequency: the frequency at which a system tends to oscillate in the absence of any driving or damping force.

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    Natural frequency: the frequency at which a system tends to oscillate in the absence of any driving or damping force.

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eigenoscillationnounoscillation at an eigenfrequency
eigenmodenoun(physics) One of the normal vibrational modes of an oscillating system.
eigenperiodnoun(physics) The period corresponding to a particular eigenfrequency
normal modenoun(mechanics, quantum mechanics) A mode of an oscillating system in which all parts of the system move sinusoidally with the same frequency and with a fixed phase relation. The motion described by the normal modes is called resonance.
eigenenergynoun(physics) The energy associated with an eigenfunction.
resonancenoun(uncountable) The quality of being resonant.
fundamentalEssential; extremely important.
underfrequencynoun(electricity) The condition where the frequency of an electrical supply drops below normal parameters.
harmonic oscillatornoun(classical mechanics) A system which, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force F proportional to the displacement x according to Hooke's law: F=-kx,, where k is a positive constant.
detuningnoun(physics) The difference between actual frequency and resonance frequency.
pink noisenounA signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the spectral energy density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency (1/f).
eigenfluxnoun(physics) Any flux whose magnitude is an eigenvalue
eigencoefficientnoun(mathematics, physics) Any of the coefficients of an eigenstate.
eigenmassnoun(physics) A mass whose value is that of a corresponding eigenvalue.
modenounA particular means of accomplishing something.
eigenpotentialnounAny potential whose value is based on an eigenfunction
harmonicnoun(physics) A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
eigenwavenounAny wave based on an eigenfunction
dissipation factornounThe value of energy loss rate of oscillation mode in a dissipative system.
eigenstrainnoun(physics) A residual strain produced without an external force

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