Three types of motion: translational, oscillatory and rotational.
In a translational motion, a change in location occurs while in an oscillatory motion, an object is moving but its location stays the same.
Some examples of oscillatory motion could be vibrating guitar strings or the pendulum found in grandfather clocks. When these types of oscillatory motions occur, they are referred to as periods, where every period is a cycle of a complete oscillation. Period motion is very important because it concerns essential studies into physical nature, like the study of light, sounds and all other types of waves.
The third type of motion, rotational motion, refers to when an object spins. There are numerous examples of rotational motion, from the way the Earth and all other planets spin on their axis to the spinning of record albums, globes and wheels.