Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pendulumlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-du-lum-like
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a pendulum; having a back-and-forth motion.

Example Sentences

"While Mr. Konitz has some history with Mr. Reid and Mr. Wilson, he was forging a new alliance with Mr. Pérez, who opened the set with a scrap of suggestion. Mr. Reid responded with a pendulumlike line, and Mr. Wilson began tapping his toms and cymbals in a halting pattern."
"Vertigo 360, a huge pendulumlike ride in which riders will be swung and rotated while sitting in a circular gondola, is expected to open sometime before Memorial Day 2026, boardwalk spokesperson Kris Reyes told SFGATE in an email."

Etymology

From pendulum + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pendulum

Inflected Forms

more pendulumlike (comparative) most pendulumlike (superlative)

Questions

What does pendulumlike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a pendulum; having a back-and-forth motion.
Where does pendulumlike come from?: From pendulum + -like.

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