pendulum C1 Topic:General Vocabulary US /ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/ UK /ˈpɛnd͡ʒʊləm/ See IPA manual Freq #22578 Meanings 1 noun A weight hung from a fixed point so it can swing freely back and forth, often used in clocks. The pendulum of the old clock swung steadily on the wall. Thesaurus Word family Forms pendulapendulums Derived forms archipendulumpendulumlike Related forms pendant Appears in Phrases (1) See all simple pendulum an idealized pendulum with a weight suspended from a massless frictionless thread Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”). pendulus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # pendulum **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɛnd͡ʒʊləm/ **Frequency rank:** 22578 ## Meanings 1. A weight hung from a fixed point so it can swing freely back and forth, often used in clocks. ## Examples - The pendulum of the old clock swung steadily on the wall. ## Derived Forms - archipendulum - pendulumlike ## Related Forms - pendant ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pendulus ## Etymology Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”). ## AI Etymology Pendulum is borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”). In present-day use, it means a weight hung from a fixed point so it can swing freely back and forth, often used in clocks. Related forms include pendant. Derived formations include archipendulum, pendulumlike. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown