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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
• 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: 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

Music

• Pendulum (Australian 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 Witness
• "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 Elon University
• 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 neo noir
• Pendulum (2023 film), a Malayalam-language fantasy thriller 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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Pendulum

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