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 pendula.
Noun
pendula
- (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
- unpaled
Italian
Adjective
pendula
- feminine singular of pendulo
Latin
Adjective
pendula
- nominative feminine singular of pendulus
- nominative neuter plural of pendulus
- accusative neuter plural of pendulus
- vocative neuter plural of pendulus
Adjective
pendulā
- vocative feminine singular of pendulus