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Pendulum wire

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pendulum clocknounAny clock that uses a pendulum to regulate its movement.
pinion wirenounWire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions.
swing wheelnounThe wheel that drives a clock's pendulum, corresponding to the balance wheel in a watch.
wilberforce pendulumnounA pendulum consisting of a mass suspended by a long helical spring and free to turn on its vertical axis, twisting the spring; used as a demonstration in physics education.
piano wirenounA type of stiff but relatively thin solid wire that is used for piano strings.
french wirenoun(jewelry) Fine wire of silver or other metal wound into a flexible coil, used for finishing beaded jewelry.
pendulumnoun(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.
compensation pendulumnounA pendulum constructed so that its rod is not altered in length by changes of temperature.
stringnoun(countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
balance wheelnounThe timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.
headpinnoun(ten-pin bowling) The kingpin.
wirenoun(uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
whipcordnounA strong worsted fabric, with a diagonal rib.
wind chimenounA set of decorative metallic or wooden tubular bells that sound when blown by the wind.
knife-edgenoun(figuratively) A precarious balance that could be upset by a very small force in either direction.
hairspringnounA spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.
anniversary clocknounA mechanical clock that keeps time by means of a torsion pendulum.
pendulum sawnounA mechanically powered circular saw with the blade mounted so it can swing into the material.
smoothwirenounWire, used for fencing, that is not barbed wire.
wedgewirenounWire formed in the shape of a wedge.

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