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kater's pendulum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kater's pen-du-lum
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reversible free-swinging pendulum used as a gravimeter.

Etymology

Invented by British physicist and army captain Henry Kater in 1817.

Inflected Forms

Kater's pendulums (plural)

Questions

What does kater's pendulum mean?
A reversible free-swinging pendulum used as a gravimeter.
Where does kater's pendulum come from?
Invented by British physicist and army captain Henry Kater in 1817.

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