English-Spanish translations for pendulum

• péndulo
  El péndulo ha oscilado a favor del consumidor, adoptando así una posición más razonable y equilibrada. The pendulum had to swing back in favour of the consumer to a more reasonable, balanced position.
  Nos exilió la suerte geográfica de un océano, y la suerte histórica de un péndulo que nos une y nos aleja según vengan las circunstancias. We were exiled by the geographical chance of an ocean, and the historical chance of a pendulum that brings us together and distances us according to circumstances.
• péndula

Definition of pendulum

• A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks
• A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain

Related words

• pendulum clock
• pendulum bob
• gridiron pendulum
• Foucault's pendulum
• simple pendulum
• Foucault pendulum
• compound pendulum