Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 2 compound words that contain pendulum. The most common are listed below. Open pendulum in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- pendulum clockAny clock that uses a pendulum to regulate its movement.
- Foucault's pendulumA pendulum on a long wire, free to move in any direction; the plane of its motion appears to turn (clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere) as the world turns beneath it.
- simple pendulumA hypothetical pendulum consisting of a weight suspended by a weightless string.
- double pendulumA pendulum that has a second one attached to its free end
- ballistic pendulumAn obsolete device for measuring a bullet's momentum, from which it is possible to calculate the velocity and kinetic energy.
- compound pendulumAny swinging rigid body free to rotate about a fixed horizontal axis, distinguished from the ideal simple pendulum.
- pendulum arbitrationA type of interest arbitration in which the arbitrator chooses one of the parties' proposals on each (or perhaps all) disputed issues.
- pendulum clocksplural of pendulum clock: Any clock that uses a pendulum to regulate its movement.
- pendulum sawA mechanically powered circular saw with the blade mounted so it can swing into the material.
- torsion pendulumA rigid object hanging from a wire or a spring and which rotates alternately in a horizontal plane.
- Foucault pendulumSynonym of Foucault's pendulum: A pendulum on a long wire, free to move in any direction; the plane of its motion appears to turn (clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere) as the world turns beneath it.
- Schuler pendulumAny pendulum having a period equal to that of a hypothetical pendulum whose length is equal to the Earth's radius (84.4 minutes); its arm will remain locally vertical when the pivot is moved and is therefore the basis of navigational …
- Wilberforce pendulumA pendulum consisting of a mass suspended by a long helical spring and free to turn on its vertical axis, twisting the spring; used as a demonstration in physics education.
- invariable pendulumA pendulum for carrying from station to station to be oscillated at each, so as to fix the relative acceleration of gravity.
- Kater's pendulumA reversible free-swinging pendulum used as a gravimeter.
- compensation pendulumA pendulum constructed so that its rod is not altered in length by changes of temperature.
- pendulum readingA form of divination that uses a weighted object suspended from a chain or string to receive answers or guidance.
- pendulum sawsplural of pendulum saw: A mechanically powered circular saw with the blade mounted so it can swing into the material.
- pendulum wireA kind of flat steel wire for clock pendulums.
- played pendulumsimple past and past participle of play pendulum
- play pendulumTo swing or oscillate in the manner of a pendulum.
- playing pendulumpresent participle of play pendulum: To swing or oscillate in the manner of a pendulum.
- plays pendulumthird-person singular simple present indicative of play pendulum: To swing or oscillate in the manner of a pendulum.
Compound words 2
- pendulumlikeResembling or characteristic of a pendulum; having a back-and-forth motion.
- archipendulumAn ancient device used to measure angles, consisting of an A-shaped device with a plumbline attached to the top vertex and a mark on the midpoint of the crossbar.