pendulumlike

English

Etymology

From pendulum +‎ -like.

Adjective

pendulumlike (comparative more pendulumlike, superlative most pendulumlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pendulum; having a back-and-forth motion.
    • 2008 April 3, Nate Chinen, “Composing on the Spot, With Help From a Master”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      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.
    • 2025 May 3, Sam Mauhay-Moore, “California's oldest amusement park to get new daredevil ride”, in SFGATE‎[2], archived from the original on 7 May 2025:
      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.

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