The motion

The free movement of a body with respect to time is known as

motion.
Examples
the fan, the dust falling from the carpet, the water that flows
from the tap, a ball rolling around, a moving car
types of motion
• Oscillatory Motion
Oscillatory motion is simply elaborated as the repeated motion that an object does by
repeating the same movement again and again. The oscillatory motion would keep on
moving forever when there is an absence of friction but in our real world, the motion
eventually stops by coming to equilibrium

examples of Oscillatory Motion are:

• A swinging swing
• The motion of a pendulum
• A boat tossing up and down a river
• The tuning fork

• Rotational Motion
Rotational motion can be defined as when an object moves along its axis and all the
parts of it move for a different distance in a given period of time. Thus, if an object is
under rotational motion all of its parts will move different distances in the same interval
of time.

Example The game merry-go-round, blades of a fan,

 • Translational Motion
When all the parts of an object move the same distance in a
given time is known as transitional motion. For example, a cycle
moving on a track, a man walking on the road

there are two types of translation motion

Curvilinear Motion Rectilinear Motion
When an object moving in An object moving in
translational motion translation
follows a curved path it is motion opts a straight
known as Curvilinear
motion. -line path, then it is known
as
Rectilinear motion.
Example: A stone thrown Example: A train moving on
up in the air a straight track or a car
moving on a straight road

Periodic Motion
A motion that repeats itself after equal intervals of time is
known as periodic motion. Commonly, the objects under this
motion are mostly in the to and from motion.
examples of periodic motion:
• A moving pendulum
• Hands of a working clock
• circular Motion
When an object is constantly moving in circular a path it is called
circular motion. It circular motion, the speed of the object should
be constant.

examples of circular motion are- Movement of the earth on its

axis the motion of the moon around the earth

Linear Motion
Linear motion can be defined as the movement of a body on a
straight line without any deviation.
examples of linear motion are: An athlete running on a straight track of a park, a bullet
shot from a pistol always moves in a straight line

Uniform Motion
A body is said to be in a state of uniform motion when it covers
an equal amount of distance in equal intervals of time. In such
cases, if we represent the motion on the graph, it would be a
straight line.

examples of uniform motion are: A car moving on a straight

road at a steady speed, a flying airplane at a set height at a
constant speed
Non-Uniform Motion
Non-uniform motion can be defined as when a given body is covering
unequal distances in a set and given intervals of time. If you will represent
the path of a body moving in non-uniform motion on a graph, it will be a
curved line.

Examples of non-uniform motion are- a man walking on the road, a freely

falling body