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Foucault' pen'dulum



Physics.
a pendulum that demonstrates the rotation of the earth by exhibiting an apparent change in its plane of oscillation.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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