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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

pendulum

/ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/

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What does pendulum mean?

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.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈpɛnd(j)ələm/
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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.
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177
There are formidable unknown quantities here, more difficult to decipher than the resistances, the deflections and the frictions of the pendulum.
Jean-Henri FabreMore Hunting WaspsTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3462
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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.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725
This accomplished, the pendulum of mob passion swings back to the opposite extreme, and the compensatory emotions express themselves in hysterical fashion.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
One would have said that he was a pendulum which was no longer wound up, and whose oscillations were growing shorter before ceasing altogether.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135