Question

What is meant by the period of a pendulum?

Answer 1

Answer:

The time it takes for the pendulum to make one complete cycle

Explanation:

The period of a pendulum is the time it takes for the pendulum to make one complete oscillation, which means the time it takes for the pendulum to come back to its original position (so, one left swing+one right swing).

The period of a pendulum is given by the formula

$T=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{L}{g}}$

where L is the length of the pendulum and g is the acceleration due to gravity. As we can see from the equation, the period of a pendulum does not depend on the mass attached to the pendulum, but only on its length and on the strength of the gravitational field.