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compound pendulum vs ballistic pendulum

ballistic pendulum vs compound pendulum

compound pendulum and ballistic pendulum both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
compound pendulum Yes No No No
ballistic pendulum Yes No No No
As nouns, ballistic pendulum is a hyponym of compound pendulum; that is, ballistic pendulum is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than compound pendulum:
  • compound pendulum: pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis
  • ballistic pendulum: a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod; when it is struck by a projectile its displacement is used to measure the projectile's velocity
Other hyponyms of compound pendulum include clock pendulum.
compound pendulum (noun) ballistic pendulum (noun)
pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod; when it is struck by a projectile its displacement is used to measure the projectile's velocity
Difference between compound pendulum and ballistic pendulum

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