GUN PENDULUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gun pendulum mean? 

• GUN PENDULUM (noun)
  The noun GUN PENDULUM has 1 sense:

1. a ballistic pendulum consisting of a suspended gun; the velocity of a projectile in the bore of a gun can be measured by the recoil when the gun is discharged

  Familiarity information: GUN PENDULUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUN PENDULUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ballistic pendulum consisting of a suspended gun; the velocity of a projectile in the bore of a gun can be measured by the recoil when the gun is discharged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gun pendulum" is a kind of...):

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)