All 9 Uses of
pendulum
in
The Pit and the Pendulum
- THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM Impia tortorum longos hic turba furores Sanguinis innocui, non satiata, aluit.†
- It was the painted figure of Time as he is commonly represented, save that, in lieu of a scythe, he held what, at a casual glance, I supposed to be the pictured image of a huge pendulum such as we see on antique clocks.†
- The sweep of the pendulum had increased in extent by nearly a yard.†
- There was another interval of utter insensibility; it was brief; for, upon again lapsing into life there had been no perceptible descent in the pendulum.†
- The vibration of the pendulum was at right angles to my length.†
- Could I have broken the fastenings above the elbow, I would have seized and attempted to arrest the pendulum.†
- Was it probable that the bandage crossed my bosom in the track of the pendulum?†
- The measured movement of the pendulum disturbed them not at all.
*pendulum = a weight hanging from a fixed location so that the weight swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity -- such as is seen in some mechanical clocks
- But the stroke of the pendulum already pressed upon my bosom.†
Definition:
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(pendulum) a weight hanging from a fixed location so that the weight swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity -- such as is seen in some mechanical clocks
or:
a change that is roughly proportional and in the opposite direction of a prior change -- such as a change in opinion