English Explanatory Dictionary

pendulum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
  3. A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
  4. A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɛnd͡ʒʊləm/ /ˈpɛndjʊləm/ /ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/ /ˈpɛnd(j)ələm/ en-us-pendulum.ogg /ˈpɪ̟nd͡ʒələm/ /ˈpɪ̟nd(j)ələm/

Word forms

pendulum pendulums pendula

Etymology

Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”).

Related words

pendant simple harmonic motion

Derived words

archipendulum ballistic pendulum compensation pendulum compound pendulum double pendulum Foucault pendulum Foucault's pendulum invariable pendulum Kater's pendulum pendulum arbitration pendulum clock pendulumlike pendulum reading pendulum saw pendulum wire play pendulum Schuler pendulum simple pendulum torsion pendulum Wilberforce pendulum

Translations

Albanian: lavjerrës Arabic: نُوَاس Arabic: رَقَّاص Arabic: بَنْدُول Armenian: ճոճանակ Azerbaijani: kəfgir Basque: pendulu Belarusian: ма́ятнік Bulgarian: маха́ло Burmese: ချိန်သီး Catalan: pèndol Chinese Mandarin: 鐘擺 /钟摆 Chinese Mandarin: 擺 /摆 Chinese Mandarin: 擺鐘 /摆钟 Czech: kyvadlo Danish: pendul Dutch: slinger Esperanto: pendolo Estonian: pendel Finnish: heiluri French: pendule Galician: péndulo Georgian: ქანქარა German: Pendel Greek: εκκρεμές Hebrew: מְטוּטֶלֶת Hindi: लोलक Hindi: दोलक Hindi: लंगर Hungarian: inga Icelandic: pendúll Icelandic: dingull Icelandic: hengill Icelandic: kólfur Ido: pendulo Indonesian: bandul Italian: pendolo Japanese: 振り子 Kazakh: маятник Khmer: បណ្ដូន Khmer: ប៉ោល Korean: 진자 Kyrgyz: маятник Lao: ໝາກກະໂຕ້ນ Latin: pendulum Latvian: svārsts Lithuanian: švytuoklė Lithuanian: svyruoklė Macedonian: нишало Malay: bandul Māori: tārere
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