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energy :
  1. escapists definition: the potential to do work
ordinary :
  1. In the context of differential equations: an ordinary differential equation (ODE) involves function(s) of only one independent variable.
orthogonal :
  1. intersecting at right angles
  2. having a scalar product equal to zero (adotb = 0)
period :
  1. amount time it takes for a physical system to exactly come back to its initial condition.

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