eigenmode

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe

Proto-Germanic *aiganą

Proto-Germanic *aiganaz

Proto-West Germanic *aigan

Old High German eigan

Middle High German eigen

German eigenbor.

English eigen-

English mode

English eigenmode

From eigen- + mode.

Noun

eigenmode (plural eigenmodes)

1. (physics) One of the normal vibrational modes of an oscillating system.

Related terms

• eigenbasis
• eigenbrain
• eigendecomposition, eigen decomposition
• eigenface
• eigenfunction
• eigenhead
• eigenpair
• eigenspace
• eigenspinor
• eigenstate
• eigensystem
• eigentheory
• eigenvalue
• eigenvector

Translations

physics

• French: mode propre m
• Japanese: 固有モード (koyūmōdo)
• Polish: mod własny m inan
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} modo propio

See also

• normal mode