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What is meant by natural frequency of vibration of a body ?

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Natural frequency is the frequency at which a body tends to oscillate in the absence of any driving or damping force.
Free vibrations of any elastic body are called natural vibration and happens at a frequency called natural frequency. Natural vibrations are different from forced vibration which happen at frequency of applied force .

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