Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jean-Claude Berger jotted down the following: > Hi Martin, > > I believed that, by definition, a vibration is a situation where all parts of > an > object are not moving at the same time. Am I wrong? > I think vibration only calls for oscillation. Webster has the following to say: 1 a : a periodic motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from the position of equilibrium when that equilibrium has been disturbed (as when a stretched cord produces musical tones or molecules in the air transmit sounds to the ear) So, I guess, technically, the world isn't vibrating, although certain days it definately seems to have a kind of hum... ;) M. - -- Martin Howard | Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | All wiyht. Rho sritched mg email: howard.390@osu.edu | kegtops awound? www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------