"normal mode" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: normal modes [plural]
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  1. 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. Wikipedia link: normal mode
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