Why isn't a pendulum a wave

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Bschreck · Answer 1 · 2016-01-03T21:30:57+0000

a pendulum's motion is classified as an oscillation even though you use a "sine wave"to describe its time response for small angel ampliitudes this is a misnomer for the name of the function of sine

Joffan · Answer 2 · 2016-01-07T02:55:29+0000

A wave carries energy from one place to another. A pendulum doesn't "propagate" ... It just stays there in the same place until somebody moves it.

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