clock pendulum

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   a physical pendulum used to regulate a clockwork mechanism

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Questions about clock pendulum

What does clock pendulum mean?

clock pendulum means "a physical pendulum used to regulate a clockwork mechanism".

Is clock pendulum a common word?

clock pendulum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.