Can a “wave” be thought of as a particle that has its oscilatory motion (referring to its sinusodial character) emphasized? In other words, rather than even think of wave-particle duality, why not think of it as either a particle's translational motion only or emphasizing a particle's oscilatory/sinusoidal motion?

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Can a “wave” be thought of as a particle that has its oscilatory motion (referring to its sinusodial character) emphasized?  In other words, rather than even think of wave-particle duality, why not think of it as either a particle's translational motion only or emphasizing a particle's oscilatory/sinusoidal motion?

anonymous · Answer

wave has dual nature ie particle as wave character ..........so both has to be taken into account

ujjwal · Answer

of course wave can be thought of a particle.. a perfect example is an electromagnetic wave and a photon (particle).. while i am not sure about its 'oscillatory motion' (as you have mentioned) i am sure that the particle associated with the wave, does have momemtum.. as de broglie's theory suggests.. $$\lambda= h/mv$$$$or, mv= h/\lambda$$ where 
mv is momentum of that "particle"
lambda is wavelength of that wave
h is plank's constant
so a wave of wavelength 'lambda' can be considered of having particles of momentum mv as suggested in above equation..