restoring force
Spring's return tendency
A restoring force is any force that pushes or pulls something back toward its original position after displacement.
When you stretch a spring, the restoring force pulls it back; when you push a pendulum aside, gravity provides the restoring force that swings it back toward center.
The concept is fundamental to understanding oscillation and vibration in physics: The restoring force increases proportionally with displacement.
Capacity for elastic recovery
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- recoilBackward force from discharge
- stretchPull to extend
- deformationChange in shape
tensile · flexibility · rubber band · bungee · contractile · expandable · snap back · strain
Recoiling metal spiral
- equilibriumState of balance
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- harmonicOf musical overtones
- displacementRemoval from usual location
pendulum · tension · compression · stiffness · damping · vibration · resonance · periodic
State of balance
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
alignment · correction · compensation · regulation · normalization · leveling · calibration · centering
springiness
Capacity for elastic recovery
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- recoilBackward force from discharge
- stretchPull to extend
deformation · tensile · flexibility · rubber band · bungee · contractile · expandable · snap back · strain · stress
spring
Recoiling metal spiral
- equilibriumState of balance
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- harmonicOf musical overtones
displacement · pendulum · tension · compression · stiffness · damping · vibration · resonance · periodic · Newton's laws
equilibrium
State of balance
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
adjustment · alignment · correction · compensation · regulation · normalization · leveling · calibration · centering · neutral position
- forcesgravity, electromagnetism, thrust, drag, friction
- oscillationsvibration, harmonic motion, oscillator, oscillating, amplitude
- conservative forcesgravity
restoring forcedriving force
Power behind movement
displacement · perturbation · impulse · kick · push
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