The maximum displacement of a body, from its mean position is called amplitude.

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• The acceleration of a particle moving with simple harmonic motion is proportional to the displacement of the particle from the mean position.
• When a rigid body is suspended vertically, and it oscillates with a small amplitude under the action of the force of gravity, the body is known as
• A body is said to move or vibrate with simple harmonic motion if its acceleration is directed towards the mean position.
• Whenever a force acts on a body and the body undergoes a displacement, then
• The rate of change of displacement of a body is called
• The energy possessed by a body, for doing work by virtue of its position, is called
• If P is the force acting on the body, m is the mass of the body and a is the acceleration of the body, then according to Newton's second law of motion,
• The point, through which the whole weight of the body acts, irrespective of its position, is known as
• The maximum frictional force, which comes into play, when a body just begins to slide over the surface of the other body, is known as
• The amplitude is always