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pen⋅du⋅lum

[pen-juh-luhm, pen-duh-]
–noun
1. a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
2. Horology. a swinging lever, weighted at the lower end, for regulating the speed of a clock mechanism.

Origin:
1650–60; < NL, n. use of neut. of L pendulus pendulous


pen⋅du⋅lum⋅like, adjective
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pen·du·lum   (pěn'jə-ləm, pěn'dyə-, pěn'də-)   
n.  
  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, especially clocks. Also called simple pendulum.

  2. Something that swings back and forth from one course, opinion, or condition to another: the pendulum of public opinion.


[New Latin, probably from Italian pendolo, pendulous, pendulum, from Latin pendulus, hanging; see pendulous.]
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Word Origin & History

pendulum 
1660, from Mod.L. pendulum (1643), properly neut. of L. adj. pendulus "hanging down," from pendere "to hang" (see pendant).
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pendulum   (pěn'jə-ləm)  Pronunciation Key 
A mass hung from a fixed support so that it is able to swing freely under the influence of gravity. Since the motion of pendulums is regular and periodic, they are often used to regulate the action of various devices, especially clocks.
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