pendula

English

Etymology

From pendulum, by analogy with Latin second declension nouns, such as bacterium/bacteria, though Latin pendulum is the neuter singular form of the adjective pendulus, whose neuter plural is indeed pendula.

Noun

pendula

  1. (rare) plural of pendulum

Usage notes

The form pendulums is significantly more common than pendula; however, pendula is occasionally used in physics, particularly in the phrase "coupled pendula."

Anagrams

Italian

Adjective

pendula

  1. feminine singular of pendulo

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

pendula

  1. inflection of pendulus:
    1. nominative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

pendula

  1. vocative feminine singular of pendulus

Romanian

Etymology

From pendul + -a.

Verb

a pendula (third-person singular present pendulează, past participle pendulat) 1st conj.

  1. to pendulate

Conjugation

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