<h2>Summary</h2>
<ul>
<li>Periodic motion is a repetitious oscillation.</li>
<li>The time for one oscillation is the period \(T\).</li>
<li>The number of oscillations per unit time is the frequency <em>\(f\)</em>.</li>
<li>These quantities are related by

<p>\(f=\cfrac{1}{T}.\)</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Glossary</h2>
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<h3>period</h3>
<p>time it takes to complete one oscillation</p>
<h3>periodic motion</h3>
<p>motion that repeats itself at regular time intervals</p>
<h3>frequency</h3>
<p>number of events per unit of time</p>
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Summarizing Period and Frequency in Oscillations

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