Pendulum (disambiguation)
# Pendulum (disambiguation)

A pendulum is a body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity.

Pendulum may also refer to:

## Devices

* Pendulum (mathematics), the mathematical principles of a pendulum
* Pendulum clock, a kind of clock that uses a pendulum to keep time
* Pendulum car, an experimental tilting train
* Foucault pendulum, a pendulum that demonstrates the Earth's rotation
* Spherical pendulum
* Spring pendulum
* Conical pendulum
* Centrifugal pendulum absorber, torsional vibration reduction by using a pendulum principle
* For other types and uses of pendulums, see: Category:Pendulums
* Mackerras Pendulum, a model devised by Malcolm Mackerras to predict election outcomes
* Pendulum (torture device), a device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition
* Pendulum Instruments, a Swedish manufacturer of scientific instruments

## Music

* Pendulum (Australian band), an Australian electronic rock group formed in 2002
* Pendulum (ambient band), an Australian house music group formed in 1994

### Albums

* Pendulum (Broadcast EP), and its title track
* Pendulum (Creedence Clearwater Revival album)
* Pendulum (Dave Liebman album), and its title track
* Pendulum (Eberhard Weber album), and its title track
* Pendulum (Lowen & Navarro album), and its title track
* Pendulum (Tara Simmons EP), and its title track
* The Pendulum, a comic book miniseries based on Insane Clown Posse's Dark Carnival universe, and associated songs and album

### Songs

* "Pendulum" (song), by FKA Twigs
* "Pendulum", by Embodyment from the album The Narrow Scope of Things
* "Pendulum", by Katy Perry from the album Witness
* "Pendulum", by Phinehas from the album Thegodmachine
* "Pendulums", by Sarah Harmer from the album All of Our Names
* "Penduli Pendulum", by Bobbie Gentry from The Delta Sweete
* "The Pendulum Song", song written by Al Hoffman and John Murray
* Pendulum Music, a composition by Steve Reich involving microphones swinging above speakers like pendulums

## Books and periodicals

* Pendulum, by John Christopher, 1968
* The Pendulum, by Annie S. Swan, 1972
* Pendulum, by A. E. Van Vogt, 1978
* Pendulum, by Adam Hamdy, 2017
* The Pendulum, a student newspaper at Elon University
* The Pendulum, a publication devoted to radiesthesia

## Film

* Pendulum (1969 film), an American neo noir film starring George Peppard
* Pendulum, a 2001 film starring Rachel Hunter and James Russo
* Pendulum (2014 film), an Indian neo noir
* Pendulum (2023 film), a Malayalam-language fantasy thriller film

## Other

* Pendulum, a trade name for the preemergent herbicide pendimethalin
* Pendulum, several types of Digimon virtual pets
* Mackerras pendulum, an electoral tool for describing the swing required for a change of government
