Pendulum synonyms

pĕn'jə-ləm, pĕn'dyə-, pĕn'də-

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swing
A device, as a seat hanging from ropes or chains, on which one can sit and swing backward and forward as a form of amusement
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pendant
A decorative piece suspended from a ceiling or roof, as in Gothic architecture
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vortex (related)
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balance-wheel (related)
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suspended body
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gyroscope (related)
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bifilar (related)
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oscillator
(Cellular automata) A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations.
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device (related)
An invention, typically a mechanical object; a tactic or contrivance for the purpose of committing a deception or fraud.
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machine (related)
A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task:
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Pendulum Sentence Examples

  • The pendulum has swung back.

  • The times were measured by pendulum clocks.

  • And then he walked away, his shoulders swaying like a pendulum with his stride.

  • His application of the pendulum to regulate the movement of clocks sprang from his experience of the need for an exact measure of time in observing the heavens.

  • For small earthquakes, in which the movement is rapid, the bob of a very long and heavy pendulum will practically comply with these conditions.

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