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Spacewater Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Pendulum / oscillate

pendulum - n -


a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.

oscillate - v -

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to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.

What does it mean by pendulum and oscillate? I can't comprehend the meaning of it.

  

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A pendulum is something that oscillates. For instance, tie a rock to the end of a string and swing it back and forth gently. The rock is the pendulum, and it is oscillating.

  • A pendulum is something that oscillates.
  • For instance, tie a rock to the end of a string and swing it back and forth gently.
  • The rock is the pendulum, and it is oscillating.
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A pendulum is something that oscillates. For instance, tie a rock to the end of a string and swing it back and forth gently. The rock is the pendulum, and it is oscillating.
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The pendulum hangs below the clock in the picture above. It osillates. That is, it moves back and forth.

CJ

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