pendulum
IPA: pˈɛndʒʌɫʌm
noun
- (clocks, mechanics) 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.
- (by extension) The tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
- A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
- A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
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Examples of "pendulum" in Sentences
- The pendulum is oscilliating back and forth.
- The pendulum always swings in the same plane.
- The pendulum was synchronized to the human pulse.
- The longer the pendulum, the more sensitive the test.
- It has little to do with the precession of the pendulum.
- But the detail of the Mackerras pendulum is rather esoteric.
- Such a cycloidal pendulum is isochronous, regardless of amplitude.
- Whilst swinging, the chairs rotate around the axis of the pendulum.
- Articles on pendulum clocks and photoelectric photometry were deleted.
- For persons in the past, the pendulum will swing in the other direction.
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