PEND'ULUM, noun [Latin pendulus, pendulum] A vibrating body suspended from a fixed point; as the pendulum of a clock. The oscillations of a pendulum depend on gravity, and are always performed in nearly equal times, supposing the length of the pendulum and the gravity to remain the same.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.