Synonyms for pendulum
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pen-juh-luh m, pen-duh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn dʒə ləm, ˈpɛn də- |
Top 10 synonyms for pendulum Other synonyms for the word pendulum
- alarm clock
- Big Ben
- chroniker
- clepsydra
- clock
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- counterweight
- dial
- digital watch
- gnomon
- horologe
- hourglass
- isochronon
- mass
- metronome
- pendulum
- plumb
- plumb bob
- poundage
- repeater
- rock
- sandbag
- sinker
- stone
- stopwatch
- sundial
- tattler
- tick-tock
- ticker
- time-keeper
- timekeeper
- timemarker
- timepiece
- turnip
- watch
Définition of pendulum
Origin :- 1660, from Modern Latin pendulum (1643), noun use of neuter of Latin adjective pendulus "hanging down," from pendere "to hang" (see pendant). The Modern Latin word is perhaps a Latinization of Italian pendolo.
- As in weight : noun something used to measure heaviness
- As in timepiece : noun device that tells time
- As in clock : noun timekeeping device
- But we cannot set up a pendulum to swing at the pole of the earth.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
- It had no effect upon the cries; no pendulum could be more regular.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Swinging went the pendulum in the window, and the wind roared in the chimney.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- I need hardly say that I never set the pendulum swinging again.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Let them be what they might, the pendulum should wag, and have a fair chance of doing its best.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- I kept the pendulum in the closet I have mentioned, and never spoke to any one of it.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- He laughed so heartily that I told him the whole story of the pendulum.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- The pendulum clock appears to have been an invention of the Middle Ages.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
- Then the pendulum swung to the other side, from rest to motion, from Xenophanes to Heracleitus.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- The pendulum of that thing used to work fine, but the hands wouldn't move.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Antonyms for pendulum
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