单词 | pendulum rule |
释义 | > as lemmaspendulum rule C1. General attributive, in the sense ‘of, relating to, or suggestive of a pendulum’, as pendulum apparatus, pendulum fashion, pendulum movement, pendulum rod, pendulum rule, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > pendulum clock > pendulum > associated parts pendulum rod1753 pendulum spring1884 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that which hangs or is suspended > a pendulum > parts of bob1753 pendulum rod1753 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > swinging or oscillation of suspended body > that which > pendulum > weight at end of > rod on which weight is suspended pendulum rod1753 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 480 Holes drilled in the broad part of the pendulum-rod. 1820 Sporting Mag. 7 108 The pendulum shake [of the hand] may be mentioned next. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 82 A pendulum-rod is longer in warm than in cold weather. 1856 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 146 304 Plate XI. contains views of the pendulum-apparatus nearly in the state in which it was used in the upper station. 1865 Englishman's Mag. Jan. 13 The popular mind in England has..swayed from side to side in a somewhat pendulum-fashion. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 1 May 12/3 Herr Reibisch..gave a new form to this fact in calling the movement of the Poles ‘pendulum movements’. 1928 M. Connolly Mr. Blue vi. 122 No. I don't think your queer pendulum rule applies to intelligent happiness. 1962 E. Bruton Dict. Clocks & Watches 95 Invar pendulum rods solve temperature compensation problems. 1971 Dict. National Biogr. 1951–60 at Lenox-Conyngham, Sir Gerald Ponsonby He constructed a pendulum apparatus as an improvement on the one used in India. 1991 Struct. Change & Econ. Dynamics 2 189 One can see that in the wake of the assumed increase in production the circular flow system does not undergo a regular change, but behaves in a pendulum fashion. < as lemmas |
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