pendulumlike
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pendulumlike (comparative more pendulumlike, superlative most pendulumlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a pendulum; having a back-and-forth motion.
- 2008 April 3, Nate Chinen, “Composing on the Spot, With Help From a Master”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]resembling or characteristic of a pendulum
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