2) pendulum. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices, especially clocks. Also called simple pendulum. 2. Something that swings back and forth from one course, opinion,...

3) Foucault pendulum. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Foucault pendulum, see pendulum....

4) simple pendulum. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...See pendulum (sense 1)....

5) Foucault pendulum. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A simple pendulum suspended from a long wire and set into motion along a meridian. The plane of motion appears to turn clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise...

6) 47740. Russell, Bertrand. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:47740 QUOTATION:When I was a boy, I had a clock with a pendulum that could be lifted off. I found that the clock went very much faster without the pendulum....

7) clock. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...operation of a clock depends on a stable mechanical oscillator, such as a swinging pendulum or a mass connected to a spring, by means of which the energy stored in...

8) 6243. Beckett, Samuel. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:6243 QUOTATION:The pendulum oscillates between these two terms: Suffering-that opens a window on the real and is the main condition of the artistic experience,...

9) 48672. Schopenhauer, Arthur. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:48672 QUOTATION:Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other;...

10) 40913. Munro, Harold. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:40913 QUOTATION:Here's a new day. O Pendulum move slowly! ATTRIBUTION:Harold Munro (1879-1932), British poet, critic. Living....