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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery
  • Gravity (Physics)
DEF

Any rigid body suspended from a fixed horizontal axis about which the body may oscillate in a vertical plane due to the action of gravity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines
  • Pesanteur (Physique)
DEF

Corps rigide mobile autour d'un axe.

CONT

Abandonné à partir d'une position qui n'est pas celle d'équilibre, le pendule pesant oscille de part et d'autre de celle-ci.

Spanish

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