normal mode

noun

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.

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nounnormal mode (plural normal modes)

plural normal modes

  1. quantum mechanicsengineeringA 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.
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