Pendulum vs Rocking - What's the difference?
pendulum | rocking |
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 motion of something that rocks.
* 1823 , John Wesley, ?Charles Bonnet, ?Louis Dutens, A survey of the wisdom of God in the creation (page 181)
As nouns the difference between pendulum and rocking
is that 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 while rocking is the motion of something that rocks.As an adjective rocking is
(informal) excellent; great.As a verb rocking is
.pendulum
English
(wikipedia pendulum)Noun
(en-noun) (See usage notes.)Usage notes
The plural form (pendula) is significantly rarer than (pendulums); see etymology at pendula for details. However, pendula is occasionally used in physics.See also
* simple harmonic motion ----rocking
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Every part of a tree will not do for this purpose, as some branches may not be sufficiently forked; others may not be sufficiently strong; and others may be too much exposed to the rockings of the wind.
