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Image: Simple Pendulum Oscillator

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Simple_Pendulum_Oscillator.gif(116 × 359 pixels, file size: 43 KB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 29 frames, 2.9 s)

Description: This animation depicts a simple pendulum consisting of a mass suspended by a light string and released from a small lateral displacement. If the amplitude is very small and the system is undamped, it behaves as a simple harmonic oscillator.
Title: Simple Pendulum Oscillator
Credit: Own work
Author: burro
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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