Dictionary

pendulumlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From pendulum + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a pendulum; having a back-and-forth motion.
   • While Mr. Konitz has some history with Mr. Reid and Mr. Wilson, he was forging a new alliance with Mr. Pérez, who opened the set with a scrap of suggestion. Mr. Reid responded with a pendulumlike line, and Mr. Wilson began tapping his toms and cymbals in a halting pattern. 2008 April 3, Nate Chinen, “Composing on the Spot, With Help From a Master”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
   • Vertigo 360, a huge pendulumlike ride in which riders will be swung and rotated while sitting in a circular gondola, is expected to open sometime before Memorial Day 2026, boardwalk spokesperson Kris Reyes told SFGATE in an email. 2025 May 3, Sam Mauhay-Moore, “California's oldest amusement park to get new daredevil ride”, in SFGATE, archived from the original on 07 May 2025:

Forms

Translations (2)

uk маятникоподі́бний (resembling or characteristic of a pendulum) · ru маятникообра́зный (resembling or characteristic of a pendulum)