• Pendula

    Origin

    From pendulum, by analogy with nouns, such as bacterium/bacteria, though Latin pendulum is the neuter singular form of the adjective pendulus, whose neuter plural is pendula.

    Noun

    noun plural form

    1. (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 Double pendulum.

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