pendulum
名词 n.
英 /ˈpɛnd͡ʒʊləm/|/ˈpɛndjʊləm/
美 /ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/|/ˈpɛnd(j)ələm/
英文释义
名词 n.
- 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.
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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).
— 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.
- A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
- A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
词汇关系
衍生词
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
词源
Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”).
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