pendulum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”).
Inflected forms:
form: pendulums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pendula
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: 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 such as clocks.
pos: noun
gloss: 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 such as clocks.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: The pendulum can be seen to be swinging in favour of rail, as with each issue of RAIL comes news of further intermodal service expansion.
gloss: A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
pos: noun
gloss: A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
pos: noun
Related words: pendant
simple harmonic motion
Derived words: archipendulum
ballistic pendulum
compensation pendulum
compound pendulum
double pendulum
Foucault pendulum
Foucault's pendulum
invariable pendulum
Kater's pendulum
pendulum arbitration
pendulum clock
pendulumlike
pendulum reading
pendulum saw
pendulum wire
play pendulum
Schuler pendulum
simple pendulum
torsion pendulum
Wilberforce pendulum
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: lavjerrës
lang: Arabic
word: نُوَاس
roman: nuwās
lang: Arabic
word: رَقَّاص
roman: raqqāṣ
lang: Arabic
word: بَنْدُول
roman: bandūl
lang: Armenian
word: ճոճանակ
roman: čočanak
lang: Azerbaijani
word: kəfgir
lang: Basque
word: pendulu
lang: Belarusian
word: ма́ятнік
roman: májatnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: маха́ло
roman: mahálo
lang: Burmese
word: ချိန်သီး
roman: hkyinsi:
lang: Catalan
word: pèndol
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鐘擺 /钟摆
roman: zhōngbǎi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 擺 /摆
roman: bǎi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 擺鐘 /摆钟
roman: bǎizhōng
lang: Czech
word: kyvadlo
lang: Danish
word: pendul
lang: Dutch
word: slinger
lang: Esperanto
word: pendolo
lang: Estonian
word: pendel
lang: Finnish
word: heiluri
lang: French
word: pendule
lang: Galician
word: péndulo
lang: Georgian
word: ქანქარა
roman: kankara
lang: German
word: Pendel
lang: Greek
word: εκκρεμές
roman: ekkremés
lang: Hebrew
word: מְטוּטֶלֶת
roman: metutelet
lang: Hindi
word: लोलक
roman: lolak
lang: Hindi
word: दोलक
roman: dolak
lang: Hindi
word: लंगर
roman: laṅgar
lang: Hungarian
word: inga
lang: Icelandic
word: pendúll
lang: Icelandic
word: dingull
lang: Icelandic
word: hengill
lang: Icelandic
word: kólfur
lang: Ido
word: pendulo
lang: Indonesian
word: bandul
lang: Italian
word: pendolo
lang: Japanese
word: 振り子
roman: furiko
lang: Kazakh
word: маятник
roman: maätnik
lang: Khmer
word: បណ្ដូន
roman: bɑɑbɑndoun
lang: Khmer
word: ប៉ោល
roman: paol
lang: Korean
word: 진자
roman: jinja
lang: Kyrgyz
word: маятник
roman: mayatnik
lang: Lao
word: ໝາກກະໂຕ້ນ
roman: māk ka tōn
lang: Latin
word: pendulum
lang: Latvian
word: svārsts
lang: Lithuanian
word: švytuoklė
lang: Lithuanian
word: svyruoklė
lang: Macedonian
word: нишало
roman: nišalo
lang: Malay
word: bandul
lang: Māori
word: tārere
lang: Mongolian
word: дүүжин
roman: düüžin
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠳᠡᠭᠦᠵᠢᠩ
roman: degüǰing
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: pendel
lang: Persian
word: آونگ
roman: âvang
lang: Persian
word: پاندول
roman: pândul
lang: Persian
word: رقاصک
roman: raqqâsak
lang: Polish
word: wahadło
lang: Portuguese
word: pêndulo
lang: Romanian
word: pendul
lang: Russian
word: ма́ятник
roman: májatnik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кла́тно
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: klátno
lang: Slovak
word: kyvadlo
lang: Slovene
word: nihalo
lang: Spanish
word: péndulo
lang: Swedish
word: pendel
lang: Tajik
word: раққосак
roman: raqqosak
lang: Tajik
word: ованг
roman: ovang
lang: Thai
word: ลูกตุ้ม
roman: lûuk-dtûm
lang: Turkish
word: sarkaç
lang: Turkish
word: rakkas
lang: Turkish
word: pandül
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: رقاص
roman: rakkas
lang: Turkmen
word: maýatnik
lang: Ukrainian
word: ма́ятник
roman: májatnyk
lang: Ukrainian
word: вага́дло
roman: vahádlo
lang: Uyghur
word: ماياتنىك
roman: mayatnik
lang: Uzbek
word: mayatnik
lang: Vietnamese
word: quả lắc
lang: Vietnamese
word: con lắc
lang: Volapük
word: pendül