play pendulum

pleɪ ˈpɛndjʊləm

Definition

Definition of play pendulum - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

physical movement

Rare

move back and forth like a pendulum

Rare

The clock will play pendulum all day.
The sign will play pendulum in the wind.
She watched the toy play pendulum slowly.

oscillate

sway

swing

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Expressions with play

play games

engage in recreational activities for fun or competition

They love to play games on weekends.

at play

adv.

engaged in a game or activity

The children are at play in the garden.

child's play

activity by children driven by imagination

The backyard was filled with child's play.

play about

engage in playful or aimless activity

The children love to play about in the garden.

play a role

to act a character in a performance

She played a role in the school's theater production..

play a joke on

subject someone to a playful hoax or joke

They decided to play a joke on their friend.

Expressions with pendulum

swing of the pendulum

shift in public opinion or mood

The swing of the pendulum affected the election results.

pendulum clock

clock using a pendulum to keep time

The antique shop had a beautiful pendulum clock.

simple pendulum

weight on weightless string for study

The simple pendulum is used in physics experiments.

Foucault pendulum

pendulum demonstrating Earth's rotation by changing swing plane

The Foucault pendulum in the museum shows Earth's rotation.

Foucault's pendulum

pendulum demonstrating the Earth's rotation

Foucault's pendulum swings in a plane that rotates over the day..

ballistic pendulum

device measuring projectile velocity using momentum transfer

The ballistic pendulum accurately determined the bullet's speed..

compound pendulum

rigid body swinging around a fixed horizontal axis

The compound pendulum experiment demonstrated rotational motion principles.

pendulum watch

watch with a balance wheel and fake pendulum

The museum displayed an 18th-century pendulum watch.

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French:osciller, ...
German:pendeln, ...
Italian:oscillare, ...
Spanish:oscilar, ...
Portuguese:oscilar como um pêndulo, ...
Chinese:像钟摆一样摆动, ...
Japanese:振り子のように揺れる, ...
Arabic:تَأَرْجَحَ, ...
Hebrew:לָנוּעַ כְּמוֹ מְטוּטֶלֶת, ...
Russian:качаться, как маятник, ...
Ukrainian:гойдатись, ...
Hindi:पेंडुलम की तरह हिलना, ...
Bengali:দুলতে থাকা, ...
Catalan:fer de pèndol, ...
Czech:kývat se, ...
Danish:svinge som et pendul, ...
Dutch:wiegen, ...
Greek:κουνιέμαι σαν εκκρεμές, ...
Hungarian:ingázni, ...
Khmer:យោលទៅមក, ...
Korean:진자처럼 움직이다, ...
Persian:نوسان کرد, ...
Polish:poruszać się jak wahadło, ...
Portuguese (BR):balançar como um pêndulo, ...
Romanian:a se mișca ca un pendul, ...
Swedish:pendla, ...
Thai:แกว่งไปมาเหมือนลูกตุ้ม, ...
Turkish:sarkaç gibi sallanmak, ...
Vietnamese:đung đưa, ...

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