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pendulum

suspended weight capable of swinging freely from a pivot
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pendulum

Summary

pendulum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,902 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pendulum is a type of harmonic oscillator[2].
  • pendulum's Commons category is recorded as Pendulums[3].
  • pendulum comprises string[4].
  • pendulum comprises pendulum bob[5].
  • pendulum comprises linkage[6].
  • pendulum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pendulums[7].
  • pendulum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • pendulum's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • pendulum's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • pendulum's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[11].
  • pendulum's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[12].
  • pendulum's uses is recorded as oscillation[13].
  • pendulum's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].
  • pendulum's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[15].

Body

Definition and Type

pendulum is a type of harmonic oscillator[2].

Use and Application

Components include string[4], pendulum bob[5], and linkage[6].

Why It Matters

pendulum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,902 views/month).[1] pendulum has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] pendulum is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
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    Topic's main category → Category:Pendulums
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18219, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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