What does the term “periodic” mean when describing motion

Arock is dropped from a cliff and reaches the ground in 2.70s. at the same time another rock is thrown horizontally from the same height with initial x velocity of 0.95 m/s. what distance will in x will the second rock cover?

One day, after pulling down your window shade, you notice that sunlight is passing through a pinhole in the shade and making a small patch of light on the far wall. you see that the patch of light seems to be a circular diffraction pattern. it appears that the central maximum is about 1 cm across and you estimate that the distance from the window shade to the wall is about 3 m. what is (a) the average wavelength of sunlight? (b) the diameter of the pinhole?

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