Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
pendulum ; having a back-and-forth motion.
Etymologies
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Examples
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As he rolled off into the black abyss he felt the rope tighten about his ankle and an instant later he was stopped with a sudden jerk to swing pendulumlike, head downward.
Out of Time's Abyss Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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Stretched out, in a little grass-hollow, the dog followed blinkingly with his soft brown eyes the pendulumlike progress of his friend.
Bruce Albert Payson Terhune 1907
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A year ago, the country rallied behind a new president who promised to end the pendulumlike swings, who seemed likely to restore equilibrium with his moderate temper and pragmatic mind.
ModerateVoters.org 2010
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A year ago, the country rallied behind a new president who promised to end the pendulumlike swings, who seemed likely to restore equilibrium with his moderate temper and pragmatic mind.
Hit & Run 2010
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A year ago, the country rallied behind a new president who promised to end the pendulumlike swings, who seemed likely to restore equilibrium with his moderate temper and pragmatic mind.
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A year ago, the country rallied behind a new president who promised to end the pendulumlike swings, who seemed likely to restore equilibrium with his moderate temper and pragmatic mind.
Reason Magazine 2010
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A year ago, the country rallied behind a new president who promised to end the pendulumlike swings, who seemed likely to restore equilibrium with his moderate temper and pragmatic mind.
Reason Magazine 2010
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Other items used in the proof-of-concept experiment include a Gigabit Ethernet interface (GigE Vision) camera, a DSP starter kit (DSK) for the TMS320C6455, and a pendulumlike setting of five small-diameter spheres.
Machine Design - 2008
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