Meaning

4 senses
  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.

    Pendel

    ма́ятникmájatnik

    ма́ятникmájatnyk, вага́длоvahádlo

    an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity

  2. 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.

    (broadly)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.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. What's a pendulum?

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  2. The pendulum swung back and forth.

    deDas Pendel schwang hin und her.

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  3. This clock has an enormous pendulum.

    ruУ этих часов огромный маятник.

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  4. We have an old pendulum clock.

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  5. Its motion resembles the oscillation of a pendulum.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
body suspended from a fixed support:
Русский
By meaning 1
body suspended from a fixed support:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
body suspended from a fixed support:

Origin

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

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

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