Foucault's pendulum

English

Etymology

From the name of the French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault.

Noun

Foucault's pendulum (plural Foucault's pendulums)

  1. A pendulum on a long wire, free to move in any direction; the plane of its motion appears to turn (clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere) as the world turns beneath it.

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See also
  • Words from Foucault's Pendulum (a novel)

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