FOUCAULT PENDULUM


Meaning of FOUCAULT PENDULUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfü-ˈkō- ]

noun

Etymology: J.B.L. Foucault

Date: 1931

: a freely swinging pendulum that consists of a heavy weight hung by a long wire and that swings in a constant direction which appears to change showing that the earth rotates

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