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compound pendulum

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physical pendulum

–noun Physics.
any apparatus consisting of a body of possibly irregular shape allowed to rotate freely about a horizontal axis on which it is pivoted (distinguished from simple pendulum ).
Also called compound pendulum.
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compound pendulum

noun
pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis [syn: physical pendulum
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