A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back toward the equilibrium position
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the tick in a grandfather clock, a wrecking ball suspended by a chain or link
A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced on its side from its resting position it is the subject to a restoring force of gravity that will accelerate and forth to its original position.
