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Uniaxial motion is the 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., Goldsheyder, D., Leger, D. (2012). Linear Kinematics. In: Fundamentals of Biomechanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1150-5_7
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