Types of Motion
- Simple harmonic motion – (e.g. pendulum).
- Periodic motion
- Rectilinear motion (Linear motion) – motion which follows a straight linear path, and whose displacement is exactly the same as its trajectory.
- Reciprocating (i.e. vibration)
- Brownian motion (i.e. the random movement of particles)
- Circular motion (e.g. the orbits of planets)
- Rotary motion – a motion about a fixed point. (e.g. Ferris wheel).
- Curvilinear motion – It is defined as the motion along a curved path that may be planar or in three dimensions.
- Rotational motion
- Rolling motion - (e.g. the wheel of a bicycle)
- Oscillation
- Combination motions - Combination of two or more above listed motions
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