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21Harmonic motion — Motion Mo tion, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to move. See {Move}.] 1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary;… …
22harmonic motion — noun Date: 1867 a periodic motion (as of a sounding violin string or swinging pendulum) that has a single frequency or amplitude or is composed of two or more such simple periodic motions …
23harmonic — harmonically, adv. harmonicalness, n. /hahr mon ik/, adj. 1. pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm. 2. marked by harmony; in harmony; concordant; consonant. 3. Physics. of, pertaining to, or noting a series of… …
24harmonic — har•mon•ic [[t]hɑrˈmɒn ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) mad pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm 2) marked by harmony; in harmony; concordant; consonant 3) phs of, pertaining to, or noting a series of oscillations in which each… …
25Pinch harmonic — A pinch harmonic, also known as a squealie or squealer is a guitar technique (typically electric guitar) pioneered by Roy Buchanan in which the player s thumb or index finger slightly catches the string after it is picked, cancelling the… …
26Spherical harmonic analysis — Harmonic Har*mon ic (h[aum]r*m[o^]n [i^]k), Harmonical Har*mon ic*al ( [i^]*kal), a. [L. harmonicus, Gr. armoniko s; cf. F. harmonique. See {Harmony}.] 1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. [1913 Webster] Harmonic twang! of… …
27Surface second harmonic generation — is a method for probing interfaces in atomic and molecular systems. In second harmonic generation (SHG), the light frequency is doubled, essentially converting two photons of the original beam of energy E into a single photon of energy 2 E as it… …
28Quantum harmonic oscillator — The quantum harmonic oscillator is the quantum mechanical analogue of the classical harmonic oscillator. It is one of the most important model systems in quantum mechanics because an arbitrary potential can be approximated as a harmonic potential …
29Second harmonic generation — (SHG; also called frequency doubling) is a nonlinear optical process, in which photons interacting with a nonlinear material are effectively combined to form new photons with twice the energy, and therefore twice the frequency and half the… …
30Simple harmonic motion — is the motion of a simple harmonic oscillator, a motion that is neither driven nor damped. The motion is periodic, as it repeats itself at standard intervals in a specific manner described as being sinusoidal, with constant amplitude. It is… …
