pendula

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A form of pendulum — A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.

OriginLatin pendulum →
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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralrareplural of pendulum

Origin

  1. Latinpendulum
  2. Englishpendula

From pendulum, by analogy with Latin second declension nouns, such as bacterium/bacteria, though Latin pendulum is the neuter singular form of the adjective pendulus, whose neuter plural is pendula.

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APA

pendula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendula

MLA

“pendula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendula. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pendula,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendula.

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