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Period (physics)
smallest temporal unit after which a process repeats / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A time period (denoted by 'T'' ) is the time taken for one complete cycle of vibration to pass a given point.[1] As the frequency of a wave increases, the time period of the wave decreases. The unit for time period is 'seconds'. Frequency and time period are in a reciprocal relationship that can be expressed mathematically as: T = 1/f or as: f = 1/T.
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- Orbital period is the time for something to go round (orbit) something else.
- The period of a pendulum is the time it takes from one side to the other and back.
- An electron moving in a helical orbit that has an axis at right angles to the magnetic field has a period given by T=2πm/qB, where m is the mass of the electron, q is the charge of the electron and B is the magnetic field in the region.