pendulum

pendulum
noun
Pendel, das
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['pendjuləm, ](American[) -‹u-]
noun
(a swinging weight, eg that which operates the mechanism of a clock: The little girl watched the pendulum swing back and forwards; (also adjective) a pendulum clock.) das Pendel, Pendel...
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pen·du·lum
[ˈpendjələm, AM esp -ʤələm]
I. n Pendel nt; (fig)
after the red card the \pendulum swung back in United's favour nach der Roten Karte gewann die Mannschaft von United wieder die Oberhand
II. n modifier Pendel-; (swinging) schwingend
\pendulum clock Pendeluhr f
\pendulum swing Pendelbewegung f
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['pendjʊləm]
n
Pendel nt

the pendulum has swung back in the opposite direction (lit, fig) — das Pendel ist in die entgegengesetzte Richtung ausgeschlagen

of or toward(s) ... (fig) — die Tendenz geht wieder in Richtung (+gen) ...

the swing of the pendulum (fig) — die Tendenzwende

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pendulum [ˈpendjʊləm; US -dʒə-; -də-]
A s
1. MATH, PHYS Pendel n
2. TECH
a) Pendel n, Perpendikel n/m (einer Uhr)
b) Schwunggewicht n
3. fig Pendel n, wechselnde Stimmung oder Haltung:
the pendulum of public opinion
B adj Pendel…:
pendulum clock (contact, saw, weight, etc);
pendulum wheel Unruh f
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noun
Pendel, das
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n.
Pendel - n.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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