FOUCAULT PENDULUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pendulum with a long wire; can swing in any direction; the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth's rotation

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Foucault pendulum" is a kind of...):

pendulum (an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity)

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