Sekirov Dictionary

pendulate

/ˈpɛn.d͡ʒəl.eɪt/

verb 2
adjective 1
forms 5

verb2

•
To swing like a pendulum.
- There is an old trick of suspending a shilling by a thread, and causing it to pendulate within a glass , so as to strike its sides , the thread being held between the finger and thumb . — 1851
•
To vacillate between states, especially states of arousal and of relaxation.
- What's important to realize is that you can pendulate—swing back and forth—between these sensations of expansion and contraction. — 2012

adjective1

•
pendulous.
- Here the rachis is bent at the point of its origin, and thereby it produces pendulate inflorescence. — 1967

forms

pendulated · pendulating · pendulates · more pendulate · most pendulate

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