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physical pendulum

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noun

Physics.

  1. any apparatus consisting of a body of possibly irregular shape allowed to rotate freely about a horizontal axis on which it is pivoted (simple pendulum ).

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The second form of pendulum is the compound, or physical, pendulum.

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