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harmonic motion comparison table

Subject	has dimension	has amplitude	has base unit	has unit	has definition	has value	has propagation direction	has parameter	has period
elliptical orbit	2	equal to the semimajor axis						orbital element	proportional to the orbital period
five-minute oscillations			length per unit time		Vertical oscillations of the solar atmosphere with a well-defined period of 5 minutes.
wave					Propagation of energy by means of coherent vibration.

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