pendulumnoun
uk/ˈpen.dʒəl.əm/us/ˈpen.dʒəl.əm/[ C ] a device consisting of a weight on a stick or thread that moves from one side to the other, especially one that forms a part of some types of clocks:
The pendulum in the grandfather clock swung back and forth.
The spaceship's jets were fired periodically to dampen a side-to-side pendulum motion that had developed.
[ S ] a change, especially from one opinion to an opposite one:
As so often in education, the pendulum has swung back to the other extreme and testing is popular again.
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Watches & clocks
- 24-hour clock
- against the clock idiom
- alarm clock
- at/on the stroke of sth idiom
- bezel
- clock
- crystal
- hour hand
- hourglass
- lose
- minute hand
- movement
- radio alarm clock
- second hand
- slow
- strike
- watchband
- watchstrap
- winder
- wristwatch
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