pendulum

/'pendʒәlәm/

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大学英语六级考研英语托福雅思 GRE

n. 钟摆, 摇锤, 摇摆不定的事态(或局面)

[化] 摆

A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock

invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)

clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music

An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top

To swing as a pendulum.

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