clock pendulum

Other forms: clock pendulums

Definitions of clock pendulum
  1. noun
    a physical pendulum used to regulate a clockwork mechanism
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    type of:
    compound pendulum, physical pendulum
    pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis
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