pendulumlike

English

Etymology

pendulum +‎ -like

Adjective

pendulumlike (comparative more pendulumlike, superlative most pendulumlike)

1. 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

resembling or characteristic of a pendulum

• Ukrainian: маятникоподі́бний (majatnykopodíbnyj)