compensation balance or compensation pendulum noun

A balance wheel or pendulum so constructed as to counteract the effect of the expansion and contraction of the metal under variation of temperature

compensation neurosis noun (psychology)

A set of physical and psychological symptoms affecting some victims of industrial, etc injury who have the prospect of receiving financial compensation for their injury, thought by some to be a genuine reaction to trauma and by others to be an attempt to profit from the initial injury

compensation water noun

The water passed downstream from a reservoir to supply users who, before the construction of the reservoir dam, took their water directly from the stream

pendulum /penˈdū-ləm/

1. Theoretically, a heavy material point suspended by a weightless thread, free to swing without friction (simple pendulum)
2. Any weight so hung from a fixed point as to swing freely (compound pendulum)
3. The swinging weight which regulates the movement of a clock
4. Anything that swings, passes or is free to swing or be passed to and fro
5. Anything that undergoes obvious and regular shifts or reversals in direction, attitude, opinion, etc

penˈdular adjective

Relating to a pendulum

penˈdulate intransitive verb

To swing, vibrate

penˈduline adjective

Building a pendulous nest

pendulosˈity noun

penˈdulous adjective

1. Hanging loosely
2. Swinging freely
3. Drooping
4. Dangling
5. Overhanging
6. Suspended from the top
7. Floating in air or space

penˈdulously adverb

penˈdulousness noun

pendulum arbitration noun (business)

A process used to settle disputes, in which the arbitrator chooses one complete final offer, no adjustment of terms being allowed

compensation pendulum

A pendulum so constructed that its rod is not much altered in length by changes of temperature

Foucault's pendulum see separate entry.