Pendulum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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, especially clocks. Also called simple pendulum.
  • n. Something that swings back and forth from one course, opinion, or condition to another: the pendulum of public opinion.
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  • n. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Anything that hangs down from a point of attachment and is free to swing.
  • n. In mech., a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and its acquired energy of motion.
  • n. A chandelier or lamp pendent from a ceiling.
  • n. A guard-ring of a watch and its attachment, by which the watch is attached to a chain.
  • n. A pendulum that at some point of its path closes a circuit, this in turn either reporting the beats of the pendulum at distant stations for time-comparisons, or directly controlling a number of clocks. See electric clock, under clock.
  • n. See the adjectives.
  • n. A pump in which the reciprocating motion of the piston is controlled by a pendulum.
  • n. A pump the handle of which swings on either side of its center of suspension.
  • n. A pendulum consisting of a spherical bob suspended from a cord or wire.
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  • n. an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity
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