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 |
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Narrower | Foucault pendulum | pendulum with a long wire |
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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 |
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Spanish | péndulo |
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Catalan | pèndol |
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