pendulum

Syllables: pen·du·lumUK/ˈpɛnd͡ʒʊləm//ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/

pendulum noun: 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.

Noun

pendulum (plural pendulums or pendula)

(clocks) 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.
1. (broadly, 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.2021 October 20, Industry Insider, “The wheels turn slowly”, in RAIL, number 942, page 68
A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.

pendulum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

pendulum in Hindi

body suspended from a fixed support: लोलक lolak, दोलक dolak, लंगर laṅgar

pendulum in Tamil

ஊசல், ஊசலி

pendulum in Marathi

लोलक, पेंडुलम, पेंड्युलम

pendulum in Bengali

দোলক

More languagesFewer languages

pendulum in Telugu: లోలకం, పెండ్యులం, లోలకము
pendulum in Malayalam: ഉഴിഞ്ഞാല്, ദോലകം, ആന്ദോളകം, നാഴികമണിക്കട്ടി
pendulum in Kannada: ಲೋಲಕ, ಲೋಲಕದಂಡ, ತೂಗಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ವಸ್ತು, ತೂಗುಗುಂಡು
pendulum in Punjabi: ਪੇਂਡੁਲਮ
pendulum in Gujarati: લોલક lolak
pendulum in Odia: ପେଣ୍ଡୁଲମ୍, ପେଣ୍ଡୁଲାମ, ପେଣ୍ଡୁଲାମ୍
pendulum in Assamese: ওলোম ülüm
pendulum in Nepali: पेन्डुलम, पेंडुलम
pendulum in Arabic: نُوَاس nuwās, رَقَّاص raqqāṣ, بَنْدُول bandūl
pendulum in Malay: bandul
pendulum in Indonesian: bandul
pendulum in Persian: آونگ âvang, پاندول pândul, رقاصک raqqâsak
pendulum in Thai: ลูกตุ้ม lûuk-dtûm
pendulum in Vietnamese: quả lắc, con lắc
pendulum in Myanmar: ချိန်သီး hkyinsi:

Examples of pendulum in a sentence

A pendulum oscillates slower as it gets longer.
Above them, another razor-bladed pendulum detached from its hooks, swinging down in a wide arc.
Very recently newsmagazines tell us that "the pendulum is swinging back."

All 19 example sentences with pendulum

Forms of pendulum

plural	pendulums
plural	pendula

Plural of pendulum: pendulums

Origin of pendulum

Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”).

Phrases with pendulum

Questions about pendulum

What does pendulum mean?: Pendulum means 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.
What is pendulum in Hindi?: Pendulum in Hindi is लोलक (lolak), दोलक (dolak), लंगर (laṅgar). See Pendulum meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pendulum?: Pendulum is a noun.
How do you pronounce pendulum?: Pendulum is pronounced /ˈpɛnd͡ʒʊləm/ (UK).
What is the plural of pendulum?: The plural of pendulum is pendulums.

Words near pendulum in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: pendulum (page history and authors); pendulum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pendulum (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Pendulum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pendulum (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pendulum (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pendulum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pendulum (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); લોલક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); pendulum (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ওলোম (Assamese) (page history and authors); pendulum (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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