pendular

English

Adjective

pendular (comparative more pendular, superlative most pendular)

  1. Characteristic of the motion of a pendulum.
    • 1998, Kamila Shamsie, In the City by the Sea, Bloomsbury (2004), page 103:
      The ice rose off the counter, attached to the salted string. Hasan’s eyes opened wide. Aba flicked a finger against the ice. String and ice started swaying back and forth. ‘For Salman, time is pendular,’ Aba repeated, pointing to the ice.
  2. pendulous.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽ.duˈlaʁ/ [pẽ.duˈlah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pẽ.duˈlaʁ/ [pẽ.duˈlaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pẽ.duˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

pendular m or f (plural pendulares)

  1. pendular, oscillating

Romanian

Etymology

From pendul +‎ -ar.

Adjective

pendular m or n (feminine singular pendulară, masculine plural pendulari, feminine and neuter plural pendulare)

  1. pendular

Declension

Declension of pendular
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite pendular pendulară pendulari pendulare
definite pendularul pendulara pendularii pendularele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite pendular pendulare pendulari pendulare
definite pendularului pendularei pendularilor pendularelor

Spanish

Etymology

From péndulo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /penduˈlaɾ/ [pẽn̪.d̪uˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pen‧du‧lar

Adjective

pendular m or f (masculine and feminine plural pendulares)

  1. fickle
  2. commuter (that commutes)

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