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FOUCAULT PENDULUM

• FOUCAULT PENDULUM (noun)
The noun FOUCAULT PENDULUM has 1 sense:

1. pendulum with a long wire; can swing in any direction; the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth's rotation

Familiarity information: FOUCAULT PENDULUM used as a noun is very rare.

• FOUCAULT PENDULUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pendulum with a long wire; can swing in any direction; the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth's rotation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Foucault pendulum" is a kind of...):

pendulum (an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity)

"Green leaves and brown leaves fall from the same tree."
(English proverb)
"My son, too old is the Earth don't make fun of it"
(Breton proverb)
"Older than you by a day, more knowledgeable than you by a year."
(Arabic proverb)
"The maquis has no eyes, but it sees all."
(Corsican proverb)

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