Question

what do you mean by one oscillation of a simple pendulum

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

One oscillation means one complete cycle of a body about its mean position.

In case of simple pendulum it means the distance covered by a bob from mean position (the place where it is at rest or where it is at start) to an extreme position(the point from where u carry the bob and leave it) then to again mean and then to 2nd extreme(the point till the body go on the  other side) and then finally again at mean. It is just like sinusoidal wave .

Answer 2

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If initially, the bob is displayed from the mean position, say O to point A and released, it comes back to its mean position and continues to move forward to point B, comes back towards the mean position. Thus, the motion of the bob starting from point O to point A, then A to B via O, and finally back to O from B, is counted as one oscillation.