pendulum
noun
a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
pendulumlike
-
a word derived from
pendulum.
Example Sentences
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Rubashov guessed that, like himself, No. 420 was moving pendulumlike between the two walls of his cell.
From Time Magazine Archive
If now the tube of the telescope be slightly swung from side to side the small star will appear to describe a pendulumlike movement with respect to the large one.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Garrett Putman Serviss
Stretched out, in a little grass-hollow, the dog followed blinkingly with his soft brown eyes the pendulumlike progress of his friend.
From Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
