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FOUCAULT PENDULUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pendulum with a long wire; can swing in any direction; the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth's rotation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Foucault pendulum" is a kind of...):
pendulum (an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity)
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