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pendula

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English

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Etymology

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From pendulum, by analogy with Latin second declension nouns, such as bacterium/bacteria, though Latin pendulum is the neuter singular form of the adjective pendulus, whose neuter plural is indeed pendula.

Noun

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pendula

  1. (rare) plural of pendulum

Usage notes

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The form pendulums is significantly more common than pendula; however, pendula is occasionally used in physics, particularly in the phrase "coupled pendula."

Anagrams

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Italian

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Adjective

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pendula

  1. feminine singular of pendulo

Anagrams

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Latin

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Adjective

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pendula

  1. inflection of pendulus:
    1. nominative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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pendula

  1. vocative feminine singular of pendulus

Romanian

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Etymology

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From pendul +‎ -a.

Verb

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a pendula (third-person singular present pendulează, past participle pendulat) 1st conjugation

  1. to pendulate

Conjugation

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