Set: Physics Chapter 15 Terms

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Frequency The number of oscillations that are completed each second is called the what?
Hertz Frequency (ƒ) is measured in what units?
Period The time for one complete oscillation or cycle is called the what?
Seconds Period (T) is measured in what units?
Amplitude The magnitude of the maximum displacement of a particle in either direction is known as the what?
Meters Amplitude (Xm) is measure in what units?
radians per second Angular frequency (w) is measured in what units?
Angular Frequency What is the scalar measure of rotation rate, or the rate at which the phase changes? (Hint: It's variable is lowercase omega (w))

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Created January 14, 2008
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Terms, variables and units for material covered in chapter 15 (Oscillations).

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glhex : Changed Freqency → The number of oscillations that are completed each second is called the what? to Frequency → The number of oscillations that are completed each second is called the what?
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