pendulum

UK /ˈpɛnd͡ʒuləm/ US /ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/

noun 4

Collocations

ADJ.

enormous, erratic, free, grotesque, humorous, jerky, moving, old

VERB + PENDULUM

like, staring, stopped

PENDULUM + NOUN

clock, clocks

PREP.

from, in

ADV.

incessantly

Definitions

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 pendulum can be seen to be swinging in favour of rail, as with each issue of RAIL comes news of further intermodal service expansion.

A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.

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

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Example Bank

The pendulum can be seen to be swinging in favour of rail, as with each issue of RAIL comes news of further intermodal service expansion.

Wiktionary

In her latest works she lets the uncanny swing like a grotesque pendulum from the humorous into homelike cosiness and back again.

Tatoeba · #1248084

Not a great deal of energy is required for keeping a free moving pendulum in a state of oscillation.

Tatoeba · #5427825

He reached into the case and stopped the pendulum.

Tatoeba · #5534887

The pendulum swung back and forth.

Tatoeba · #6980534

What's a pendulum?

Tatoeba · #9237685

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