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