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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈpɛnd͡ʒʊləm/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈpɛndjʊləm/
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/ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/
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General-American:
/ˈpɛnd(j)ələm/
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/ˈpɪ̟nd͡ʒələm/
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CMU ARPABET:
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: clocks
Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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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.
The tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Qualifier: clocks
Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
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A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
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an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: apparatus, setup
Narrower terms: Foucault pendulum, metronome, physical pendulum, compound pendulum, simple pendulum
Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”).
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
lavjerrës
— body suspended from a fixed support
Arabic :
نُوَاس
(nuwās)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Arabic :
رَقَّاص
(raqqāṣ)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Arabic :
بَنْدُول
(bandūl)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Armenian :
ճոճանակ
(čočanak)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Azerbaijani :
kəfgir
— body suspended from a fixed support
Basque :
pendulu
— body suspended from a fixed support
Belarusian :
ма́ятнік
(májatnik)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Bulgarian :
маха́ло
(mahálo)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Burmese :
ချိန်သီး
(hkyinsi:)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Catalan :
pèndol
— body suspended from a fixed support
Chinese Mandarin :
鐘擺 /钟摆
(zhōngbǎi)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Chinese Mandarin :
擺 /摆
(bǎi)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Chinese Mandarin :
擺鐘 /摆钟
(bǎizhōng)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Czech :
kyvadlo
— body suspended from a fixed support
Danish :
pendul
— body suspended from a fixed support
Dutch :
slinger
— body suspended from a fixed support
Esperanto :
pendolo
— body suspended from a fixed support
Estonian :
pendel
— body suspended from a fixed support
Finnish :
heiluri
— body suspended from a fixed support
French :
pendule
— body suspended from a fixed support
Galician :
péndulo
— body suspended from a fixed support
Georgian :
ქანქარა
(kankara)
— body suspended from a fixed support
German :
Pendel
— body suspended from a fixed support
Greek :
εκκρεμές
(ekkremés)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Hebrew :
מְטוּטֶלֶת
(metutelet)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Hindi :
लोलक
(lolak)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Hindi :
दोलक
(dolak)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Hindi :
लंगर
(laṅgar)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Hungarian :
inga
— body suspended from a fixed support
Icelandic :
pendúll
— body suspended from a fixed support
Icelandic :
dingull
— body suspended from a fixed support
Icelandic :
hengill
— body suspended from a fixed support
Icelandic :
kólfur
— body suspended from a fixed support
Ido :
pendulo
— body suspended from a fixed support
Indonesian :
bandul
— body suspended from a fixed support
Italian :
pendolo
— body suspended from a fixed support
Japanese :
振り子
(furiko)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Kazakh :
маятник
(maätnik)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Khmer :
បណ្ដូន
(bɑɑbɑndoun)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Khmer :
ប៉ោល
(paol)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Korean :
진자
(jinja)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Kyrgyz :
маятник
(mayatnik)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Lao :
ຫມາກກະໂຕ້ນ
(māk ka tōn)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Latin :
pendulum
— body suspended from a fixed support
Latvian :
svārsts
— body suspended from a fixed support
Lithuanian :
švytuoklė
— body suspended from a fixed support
Lithuanian :
svyruoklė
— body suspended from a fixed support
Macedonian :
нишало
(nišalo)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Malay :
bandul
— body suspended from a fixed support
Māori :
tārere
— body suspended from a fixed support
Mongolian :
дүүжин
(düüžin)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Mongolian :
ᠳᠡᠭᠦᠵᠢᠩ
(degüǰing)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Norwegian Bokmål :
pendel
— body suspended from a fixed support
Persian :
آونگ
(âvang)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Persian :
پاندول
(pândul)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Persian :
رقاصک
(raqqâsak)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Polish :
wahadło
— body suspended from a fixed support
Portuguese :
pêndulo
— body suspended from a fixed support
Romanian :
pendul
— body suspended from a fixed support
Russian :
ма́ятник
(májatnik)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Serbo-Croatian :
кла́тно
— body suspended from a fixed support
Serbo-Croatian :
klátno
— body suspended from a fixed support
Slovak :
kyvadlo
— body suspended from a fixed support
Slovene :
nihalo
— body suspended from a fixed support
Spanish :
péndulo
— body suspended from a fixed support
Swedish :
pendel
— body suspended from a fixed support
Tajik :
раққосак
(raqqosak)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Tajik :
ованг
(ovang)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Thai :
ลูกตุ้ม
(lûuk-dtûm)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Turkish :
sarkaç
— body suspended from a fixed support
Turkish :
rakkas
— body suspended from a fixed support
Turkish :
pandül
— body suspended from a fixed support
Ottoman Turkish :
رقاص
(rakkas)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Turkmen :
maýatnik
— body suspended from a fixed support
Ukrainian :
ма́ятник
(májatnyk)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Ukrainian :
вага́дло
(vahádlo)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Uyghur :
ماياتنىك
(mayatnik)
— body suspended from a fixed support
Uzbek :
mayatnik
— body suspended from a fixed support
Vietnamese :
quả lắc
— body suspended from a fixed support
Vietnamese :
con lắc
— body suspended from a fixed support
Volapük :
pendül
— body suspended from a fixed support