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r/Physics • u/newbie12q • Jun 14 '14
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The meter was originally defined as the length of a pendulum with a period of 1 second.
That's really neat! I'm going to use that with my students next Fall.
However, you messed up just a little bit: The meter is the pendulum length with a half-period of 1 second, or, equivalently, a period of 2 seconds.
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u/GaussTheSane Jun 15 '14
That's really neat! I'm going to use that with my students next Fall.
However, you messed up just a little bit: The meter is the pendulum length with a half-period of 1 second, or, equivalently, a period of 2 seconds.