How many type of motion?

oloriadedayo

7 years ago

4 types

Speechlez

7 years ago

There are four types of motion and they are rotary, oscillating, linear and reciprocating motion. Each one moves in a slightly different way.
LINEAR MOTION
Linear motion, sometimes more broadly called translational motion, is simply the shifting of an object from one point in space to another.
ROTARY MOTION
When something rotates, roughly speaking, it spins around in a circle. A child standing in one spot on a playground and spinning in a circle until she reaches her original starting point has undergone rotational motion, but she need not complete the circle for this to be true; they key point is that her body has rotated about a well-defined geometric axis – in this case, one running from the top of her head to the ground at her feet.
RECIPROCATING MOTION
Reciprocating motion is related to other forms of motion, in particular oscillating motion. In this form of motion, an object is translated, or moved linearly, in one direction and then back along the same path in the opposite direction until it returns to its starting point; the cycle is then repeated.
OSCILLATING MOTION
Things that move in a reciprocating manner, but with elements of rotational motion like swinging, are said to oscillate. A pendulum, which swings from a fixed point of attachment and traces an arc, is a classic example.