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Pendulous vs Pendulum - What's the difference?

pendulous | pendulum |

As an adjective pendulous

is hanging as if from a support.

As a noun pendulum is

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.

pendulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • hanging as if from a support
  • indecisive or hesitant
  • (biology) having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping

    • pendulum

    English

    (wikipedia pendulum)

    Noun

    (en-noun) (See usage notes.)
  • 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.

    • Usage notes

    The plural form (pendula) is significantly rarer than (pendulums); see etymology at pendula for details. However, pendula is occasionally used in physics.

    Related terms

    * * pendant

    See also

    * simple harmonic motion ----