Usually means: Mass-spring system exhibiting periodic motion.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (harmonic oscillator)

noun:  (classical mechanics) A system which, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force F proportional to the displacement x according to Hooke's law: F=-kx,, where k is a positive constant.

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