Define natural vibrations.

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Natural vibrations:
Natural vibrations are the vibrations created in a body when it is slightly disturbed from its normal state(or mean position).
Natural vibrations are free vibrations of an elastic body that occur at a frequency called the natural frequency.
Forced vibrations, which occur at the frequency of an applied force, differ from natural vibrations.

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