Sunday, 18 June 2017

Types of Motion

a) Plane Motion:-  When a body moves in a single plane. Its motion can be stated as 'Plane motion'.
Examples of Plane Motion-  
1)  The motion of Carrom board coins is plane motion as the coins move in a single plane on the plane face of Carrom board.
2)  The movement of vehicle on a plane ground.
3)  Rotation of ceiling fan as the blades rotate about center axis in a single plane.
4)  Rotation of planets around sun.

b) Rectilinear Motion:-  The motion along a straight single line is called 'Rectilinear motion'.
Examples of Rectilinear Motion-
1)  The motion of an object freely dropped from a height towards ground. Falling of fruits from trees good example of rectilinear motion.
2)  The motion of light is rectilinear motion.

c) Curvilinear Motion:-  The motion along a curved path but in a single plane is called 'Curvilinear motion.
Examples of Curvilinear Motion:-  
1)  The motion of ball hit by a cricket batsman or an object thrown at an angle from ground moves along a curvilinear motion.



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