Pendulum (disambiguation)

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A pendulum 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 (mathematics), the mathematical principles of a pendulum
• Pendulum clock, a kind of clock that uses a pendulum to keep time
• 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: Category:Pendulums
• Mackerras Pendulum, a model devised by Malcolm Mackerras to predict election outcomes
• Pendulum (torture device), a device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition
• Pendulum Instruments, a Swedish manufacturer of scientific instruments

Books

• Pendulum, by John Christopher 1968
• The Pendulum, by Annie S. Swan 1972
• Pendulum, by A. E. Van Vogt 1978
• The Pendulum, a student newspaper at Elon University
• The Pendulum, a publication devoted to radiesthesia
• Pendulum, a science webpage in Albanian language^[1]

Film and TV

• Pendulum (film), a 1968 film starring George Peppard
• Pendulum (2001 film), a 2001 film starring Rachel Hunter and James Russo

Music

• Pendulum (drum and bass band), an Australian/British drum and bass band formed in 2002
• Pendulum (ambient band), an Australian ambient house band from Melbourne

Albums

• Pendulum (Creedence Clearwater Revival album), a 1970 album by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Pendulum (Eberhard Weber album), a 1993 album by Eberhard Weber
• Pendulum (Broadcast EP), a 2003 EP by Broadcast, and a song on the EP
• Pendulum (Tara Simmons EP), a 2006 album by Tara Simmons, and a song on the EP
• The Pendulum, a comic book miniseries based on Insane Clown Posse's Dark Carnival universe, and associated songs and album
• Pendulum!, an album by Dave Liebman

Songs

• "Pendulum", a song by Broadcast Pendulum (Broadcast EP) 2003 EP
• "Pendulum", a song by Tara Simmons Pendulum (Tara Simmons EP) 2006
• Pendulum (FKA twigs song), a song by British artist FKA twigs from her debut studio album LP1
• "Pendulums", a song by Sarah Harmer from her album All of Our Names
• "The Pendulum Song", song written by Al Hoffman & John Murray, recorded Nelson Riddle 1955 and Petula Clark
• "Penduli Pendulum", song by Bobbie Gentry 1967
• Pendulum Music, a composition by Steve Reich involving microphones swinging above speakers like pendulums

Other

• Pendulum, a trade name for the preemergent herbicide pendimethalin
• Pendulum, several types of Digimon virtual pets

See also

• All pages beginning with "Pendulum"

References