The motions of the atoms in a molecule which are not part of its gross translational motion or rotation may be classified as vibrational motions.
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Further, there is a fictitious force, Coriolis coupling, between the vibrational motion of the nuclei in the rotating ( non-inertial ) frame.
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Absolute zero implies the total cessation of thermal motion : no vibrational motion in the nucleus, no orbital motion of the electrons, " nothing ".
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For example, the vibrational motions of engines, electric motors, or any imbalances in the rotating parts, uneven friction, or the meshing of gear teeth.
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Molecules, such as oxygen ( O 2 ), have more degrees of freedom than single spherical atoms : they undergo rotational and vibrational motions as well as translations.
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They further suggested that, as a particle translates, this vibrational motion interacts selectively with waves in the ambient vacuum field, a resonant interaction that amplifies an electromagnetic pilot wave.
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For example, in a setup with an acoustic guitar and a PA system, the speaker vibrates at the same natural frequency of a string on the guitar and can force it into vibrational motion.
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In this mechanical interpretation of thermal motion, the kinetic energies of material particles may reside in the velocity of the particles of their translational or vibrational motion or in the inertia of their rotational modes.
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When a light wave of a given frequency strikes a material with particles having the same or ( resonant ) vibrational frequencies, then those particles will absorb the energy of the light wave and transform it into thermal energy of vibrational motion.
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The energy eigenstates of the linear harmonic oscillator ( e . g ., masses on springs, lattice vibrations in a solid, vibrational motions of nuclei in molecules, or oscillations in the electromagnetic field ) are fixed-number quantum states.
