11) pendular. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Of or resembling the motion of a pendulum; swinging back and forth....
12) banjo clock. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A pendulum clock having a round face, a relatively narrow elongated case, and a rectangular box at the bottom....
13) grandfather clock. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A pendulum clock enclosed in a tall, narrow cabinet. From the song My Grandfather's Clock by Henry Clay Work (1832-1884), American songwriter....
14) 314. Oscillation. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
... NOUN: OSCILLATION; vibration, vibratility, libration; motion of a pendulum; nutation, circumnutation; undulation; pulsation; pulse, beat, throb; seismicity, seismism,...
15) metronome. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...mechanism to indicate the exact tempo in which a work is to be performed. It has a double pendulum whose pace can be altered by sliding the upper weight up or down....
16) 5659. Lord Byron. 1788-1824. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar
Quotations, 10th ed.
...NUMBER: 5659 AUTHOR: Lord Byron (1788–1824) QUOTATION: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ATTRIBUTION: Childe Harold s Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 109....
17) 1418. Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary
of Quotations. 1989
...Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) The pendulum will swing back. Representative JOSEPH G. CANNON, maxim indicating that in life and politics the things detested today...
18) 214. Pendency. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
...v. PENDANT, drop, eardrop, tassel, tippet, lobe, tail, train, flap, skirt, queue, pigtail, pendulum; hangnail. peg, knob, button, hock, nail, stud, ring, staple,...
19) amplitude. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...physics, maximum displacement from a zero value or rest position. In the harmonic motion of a pendulum, the amplitude of the swing is the greatest distance reached...
20) 18529. Ehrenreich, Barbara. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...just buried the last yuppie, a pathetic creature who had not heard the news that the great pendulum of public conciousness has just swung from Greed to Compassion...
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