English Explanatory Dictionary

Kater's pendulum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A reversible free-swinging pendulum used as a gravimeter.

Word forms

Kater's pendulum Kater's pendulums

Etymology

Invented by British physicist and army captain Henry Kater in 1817.

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