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Uniaxial motion is one in which the motion occurs only in one direction, and it is the simplest form of linear or translational motion. A car traveling on a straight highway, an elevator going up and down in a shaft, and a sprinter running a 100-m race are examples of uniaxial motion.
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Özkaya, N., Nordin, M. (1999). Linear Kinematics. In: Fundamentals of Biomechanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3067-8_11
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