Physics A-Level
Timing over multiple oscillations
What Timing over multiple oscillations means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Timing over multiple oscillations
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Measuring the total time for multiple oscillations and dividing by the number of oscillations to reduce the effect of reaction time.
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