pendulum A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back toward th ...

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 pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, a swinging weight, as its timekeeping element. The advantage of a pendulum for timekeeping is that it is a harmonic oscillator: It swings back and forth in a precise time interval dependent on i ...

, a kind of clock that uses a pendulum to keep time * Pendulum car, an experimental tilting train *

Foucault pendulum The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. A long and heavy pendulum suspended from the high roof above a circular ...

, a pendulum that demonstrates the Earth's rotation * Spherical pendulum * Spring pendulum *

Conical pendulum A conical pendulum consists of a weight (or bob) fixed on the end of a string or rod suspended from a pivot. Its construction is similar to an ordinary pendulum; however, instead of swinging back and forth, the bob of a conical pendulum moves at ...

* Centrifugal pendulum absorber, torsional vibration reduction by using a pendulum principle * For other types and uses of pendulums, see: :Pendulums *

Mackerras Pendulum The Mackerras pendulum was devised by the Australian psephologist Malcolm Mackerras as a way of predicting the outcome of an election contested between two major parties in a Westminster style lower house legislature such as the Australian House ...

, 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) Pendulum was an ambient house Australian group, active from 1994–1998. They are best known for their 1997 single "Coma". Career Pendulum formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1994 as a partnership between two Melbourne disc jockeys Julian Warner ...

, 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 Lowen & Navarro was a songwriting team composed of David Eric Lowen and Dan Navarro, who met in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. They wrote the song "We Belong," which became a major hit for Pat Benatar in 1984, and the song "Hammerhead Sha ...

album), and its title track * ''Pendulum'' (Tara Simmons EP), and its title track * ''

The Pendulum ''The Pendulum'' is a 12-issue miniseries of comic books based upon the Dark Carnival universe, a mythology detailed in the music of the Insane Clown Posse. Distributed by Chaos! Comics, the series was published from January 2000 until Decem ...

'', 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 ''The Narrow Scope of Things'' is the second album by the Christian rock band Embodyment. It is the first album not to feature original vocalist Kris McCaddon or rhythm guitarist James Lanigan. It is also the first to completely abandon the ban ...

'' * "Pendulum", by Katy Perry from the album ''

Witness In law, a witness is someone who has knowledge about a matter, whether they have sensed it or are testifying on another witnesses' behalf. In law a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, e ...

'' * "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 Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012), was a British writer, best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels ''The Death of Grass'', ''The Possessors'', and the young-adult novel series ...

, 1968 *''The Pendulum'', by

Annie S. Swan Annie Shepherd Swan, CBE (8 July 1859 – 17 June 1943) was a Scottish journalist and fiction writer. She wrote mainly in her maiden name, but also as David Lyall and later Mrs Burnett Smith. A writer of romantic fiction for women, she had over ...

, 1972 *''Pendulum'', by

A. E. Van Vogt Alfred Elton van Vogt ( ; April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born American science fiction author. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, notably Philip K. Dick. He was one of the ...

, 1978 *''Pendulum'', by Adam Hamdy, 2017 *''The Pendulum'', a student newspaper at

Elon University Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, Elon is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor's degrees and several of which offer master's degrees or professional doctora ...

*''The Pendulum'', a publication devoted to

radiesthesia Radiesthesia describes an ability to detect radiation emitted by a person, animal, object or geographical feature. There is no scientific evidence of the existence of this pseudoscientific or occult phenomenon. Definitions One definition is " ...

Film

* ''Pendulum'' (1969 film), an American neo noir film starring George Peppard *''Pendulum'', a 2001 film starring

Rachel Hunter Rachel Hunter (born 8 September 1969) is a New Zealand model, actress and the host of Imagination Television's ''Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty''. She has appeared on several magazine covers, including ''Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''Rolling Stone'', ' ...

and

James Russo James Vincent Russo (born April 23, 1953) is an American film and television actor. He has appeared in over 150 films in three decades. Early life Russo was born in New York City, New York, to an Italian father and German mother. A graduate of t ...

* ''Pendulum'' (2014 film), an Indian neo noir

Other

* Pendulum, a trade name for the preemergent herbicide pendimethalin * Pendulum, several types of Digimon virtual pets *

Mackerras pendulum The Mackerras pendulum was devised by the Australian psephologist Malcolm Mackerras as a way of predicting the outcome of an election contested between two major parties in a Westminster style lower house legislature such as the Australian House ...

, an electoral tool for describing the swing required for a change of government