compound pendulum
compound pendulum · compound pendulums
Any swinging rigid body free to rotate about a fixed horizontal axis, distinguished…Any swinging rigid body free to rotate about a fixed horizontal axis, distinguished from the ideal simple pendulum.
Meaning
1 sensesAny swinging rigid body free to rotate about a fixed horizontal axis, distinguished from the ideal simple pendulum.
pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis
Forms
plural: compound pendulums| Singular | compound pendulum |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis:physical pendulum