pendulum
nounEtymology
Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”).
- borrowed from pendulus
Definitions
A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the…
A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.
A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
The neighborhood
- neighborpendant
- neighborsimple harmonic motion
Derived
archipendulum, ballistic pendulum, compensation pendulum, compound pendulum, double pendulum, Foucault pendulum, Foucault's pendulum, invariable pendulum, Kater's pendulum, pendulum arbitration, pendulum clock, pendulumlike, pendulum reading, pendulum saw, pendulum wire, play pendulum, Schuler pendulum, simple pendulum, torsion pendulum, Wilberforce pendulum
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA