pendulum A pendulum is a device made of a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate i ...

is a body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity. Pendulum may also refer to:

Devices

* Pendulum (mechanics), the physical and mathematical principles of a pendulum * Pendulum clock, a kind of clock that uses a pendulum to keep time * Pendulum car, an experimental tilting train * Foucault pendulum, a pendulum that demonstrates the Earth's rotation * Spherical pendulum * Spring pendulum * Conical pendulum * Centrifugal pendulum absorber, torsional vibration reduction by using a pendulum principle * For other types and uses of pendulums, see: :Pendulums * Pendulum (torture device), a device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition * Pendulum Instruments, a Swedish manufacturer of scientific instruments

Music

* Pendulum (drum and bass band), an Australian electronic rock group formed in 2002 * Pendulum (ambient band), an Australian house music group formed in 1994

Albums

* ''Pendulum'' (Broadcast EP), and its title track * ''Pendulum'' (Creedence Clearwater Revival album) * ''Pendulum'' (Dave Liebman album), and its title track * ''Pendulum'' (Eberhard Weber album), and its title track * ''Pendulum'' ( Lowen & Navarro album), and its title track * ''Pendulum'' (Tara Simmons EP), and its title track * '' The Pendulum'', a comic book miniseries based on Insane Clown Posse's Dark Carnival universe, and associated songs and album

Songs

* "Pendulum" (song), by FKA Twigs * "Pendulum", by Embodyment from the album '' The Narrow Scope of Things'' * "Pendulum", by Katy Perry from the album ''

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'' * "Pendulum", by Phinehas from the album '' Thegodmachine'' * "Pendulums", by Sarah Harmer from the album '' All of Our Names'' * "Penduli Pendulum", by Bobbie Gentry from '' The Delta Sweete'' * "The Pendulum Song", song written by Al Hoffman and John Murray * '' Pendulum Music'', a composition by Steve Reich involving microphones swinging above speakers like pendulums

Books and periodicals

*''Pendulum'', by John Christopher, 1968 *''The Pendulum'', by Annie S. Swan, 1972 *''Pendulum'', by A. E. Van Vogt, 1978 *''Pendulum'', by Adam Hamdy, 2017 *''The Pendulum'', a student newspaper at

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*''The Pendulum'', a publication devoted to radiesthesia

Film

* ''Pendulum'' (1969 film), an American neo noir film starring George Peppard *''Pendulum'', a 2001 film starring Rachel Hunter and James Russo * ''Pendulum'' (2014 film), an Indian Bengali-language film by Soukarya Ghosal * ''Pendulum'' (2023 film), an Indian Malayalam-language fantasy thriller film by Rejin S. Babu * ''Pendular'' (film), a Brazilian drama film

Other

* Pendulum, a trade name for the preemergent herbicide pendimethalin * Pendulum, several types of Digimon virtual pets * Mackerras pendulum, an electoral tool for describing the swing required for a change of government