Pendular

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of the motion of a pendulum.

    "Arabic meter—so Arabic tradition claims—sprang from the rhythm of bodily motions, such as the pendular beating of the blacksmith and the trot of the horse and the camel."

  2. 2
    pendulous.

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danglingdependentfallingflowingfluctuatinghanging

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"Arabic meter—so Arabic tradition claims—sprang from the rhythm of bodily motions, such as the pendular beating of the blacksmith and the trot of the horse and the camel."

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