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pendulum
/ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/
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What does pendulum mean?
noun
- 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 tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
- A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
More meanings (1)
noun
- A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/
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He had told Tristram that the pendulum was swinging back and it appeared that the backward swing had not yet ended.
There are formidable unknown quantities here, more difficult to decipher than the resistances, the deflections and the frictions of the pendulum.
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The pendulum of the clock therefore expanded in summer and contracted in winter, thereby interfering with the regular going of the clock.
This accomplished, the pendulum of mob passion swings back to the opposite extreme, and the compensatory emotions express themselves in hysterical fashion.
One would have said that he was a pendulum which was no longer wound up, and whose oscillations were growing shorter before ceasing altogether.