of: two or more coupled oscillators
are: independent steady state oscillations of the coupled oscillators. If the system is set oscillating in a single normal mode then the system continues to oscillate in this mode. [P5.3]
permit the description: of any coupled oscillation, as a superposition of normal modes. Usually the frequencies of these normal modes differ and so any superposition of them produces beating. [P5.3]
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