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harmonic oscillator

noun

  1. physical system that responds to a restoring force inversely proportional to displacement
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noun

  1. 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.