A pendulum is a body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity.

Pendulum may also refer to:

Devices

  • Pendulum (mechanics), the physical and mathematical principles of a pendulum
  • Pendulum clock, a kind of clock that uses a pendulum to keep time
  • Pendulum car, an experimental tilting train
  • Foucault pendulum, a pendulum that demonstrates the Earth's rotation
  • Spherical pendulum
  • Spring pendulum
  • Conical pendulum
  • Centrifugal pendulum absorber, torsional vibration reduction by using a pendulum principle
  • For other types and uses of pendulums, see: :Category:Pendulums
  • Pendulum (torture device), a device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition
  • Pendulum Instruments, a Swedish manufacturer of scientific instruments

Music

  • Pendulum (drum and bass band), an Australian electronic rock group formed in 2002
  • Pendulum (ambient band), an Australian house music group formed in 1994

Albums

  • Pendulum (Broadcast EP), and its title track
  • Pendulum (Creedence Clearwater Revival album)
  • Pendulum (Dave Liebman album), and its title track
  • Pendulum (Eberhard Weber album), and its title track
  • Pendulum (Lowen & Navarro album), and its title track
  • Pendulum (Tara Simmons EP), and its title track
  • The Pendulum, a comic book miniseries based on Insane Clown Posse's Dark Carnival universe, and associated songs and album

Songs

  • "Pendulum" (song), by FKA Twigs
  • "Pendulum", by Embodyment from the album The Narrow Scope of Things
  • "Pendulum", by Fleshgod Apocalypse from the album Opera
  • "Pendulum", by Katy Perry from the album Witness
  • "Pendulum", by Phinehas from the album Thegodmachine
  • "Pendulums", by Sarah Harmer from the album All of Our Names
  • "Penduli Pendulum", by Bobbie Gentry from The Delta Sweete
  • "The Pendulum Song", song written by Al Hoffman and John Murray
  • Pendulum Music, a composition by Steve Reich involving microphones swinging above speakers like pendulums

Books and periodicals

  • Pendulum, by John Christopher, 1968
  • The Pendulum, by Annie S. Swan, 1972
  • Pendulum, by A. E. Van Vogt, 1978
  • Pendulum, by Adam Hamdy, 2017
  • The Pendulum, a student newspaper at Elon University
  • The Pendulum, a publication devoted to radiesthesia

Film

  • Pendulum (1969 film), an American neo noir film starring George Peppard
  • Pendulum, a 2001 film starring Rachel Hunter and James Russo
  • Pendulum (2014 film), an Indian Bengali-language film by Soukarya Ghosal
  • Pendulum (2023 film), an Indian Malayalam-language fantasy thriller film by Rejin S. Babu
  • Pendular (film), a Brazilian drama film

Other

  • Pendulum, a trade name for the preemergent herbicide pendimethalin
  • Pendulum, several types of Digimon virtual pets
  • Mackerras pendulum, an electoral tool for describing the swing required for a change of government

See also