natural frequency

British  

noun

1. physics the frequency at which a system vibrates when set in free vibration Compare forcing frequency

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Example Sentences

Another explanation might be that the east-west shaking waves that made it to L.A. were more resonant with the natural frequency of the downtown L.A. high-rises, and thus were more obvious, Kohler said.

From Los Angeles Times

It is also this natural frequency, this motion at resonance, that allows a grandfather clock to use so little energy.

From Scientific American

Since animals are swinging their tails nearly all their waking hours, I expected that they would want to swing them at their natural frequency to save energy.

From Scientific American

Every pendulum, from a chandelier to a horse’s tail, swings at a rate that depends only on the length of the pendulum, a rate called the pendulum’s natural frequency.

From Scientific American

It is this natural frequency that make the pendulum an extremely reliable source for telling time.

From Scientific American