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Second-Order System

Quick fact

A second-order system can oscillate even without any external periodic input, simply due to its own inertia and stiffness—a phenomenon called free response.

Why this is interesting

Have you ever pushed a swing and watched it gradually slow down? That swing is a second-order system—it has inertia, a restoring force, and damping that shapes its motion.