What is meant by free vibrations in an elastic body?

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If a body is disturbed from its equilibrium position and released, then the body starts to vibrate at its natural frequency, and the vibrations produced are called natural or free vibrations.
In other words, free vibration indicates that there is no external force affecting the motion.

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