Pendulum Definition

pĕnjə-ləm, pĕndyə-, pĕndə-
noun
A weight hung from a fixed point so as to swing freely to and fro under the combined forces of gravity and momentum: often used in regulating the movement of clocks.
Webster's New World
Something that swings back and forth from one course, opinion, or condition to another.
The pendulum of public opinion.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Pendulum

Noun

Singular:
pendulum
Plural:
pendulums

Origin of Pendulum

  • New Latin probably from Italian pendolo pendulous, pendulum from Latin pendulus hanging pendulous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Neuter of Latin pendulus, "hanging".

    From Wiktionary

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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