| NOUN | artifact | pendulum | an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity |
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| Sounds | peh'njhahlahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | An apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity. | |
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| Parts | bob | A hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string |
| Narrower | Foucault pendulum | pendulum with a long wire |
| metronome | clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music | |
| physical pendulum, compound pendulum | pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis | |
| simple pendulum | A hypothetical pendulum suspended by a weightless frictionless thread of constant length | |
| Broader | apparatus, setup | equipment designed to serve a specific function |
| Spanish | péndulo | |
| Catalan | pèndol | |
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