COMPENSATION PENDULUM

Definition: COMPENSATION PENDULUM

COMPENSATION PENDULUM

1. A clock pendulum in which the effect of changes of temperature of the length of the rod is so counteracted, usually by the opposite expansion of differene metals, that the distance of the center of oscillation from the center of suspension remains invariable; as, the mercurial compensation pendulum, in which the expansion of the rod is compensated by the opposite expansion of mercury in a jar constituting the bob; the gridiron pendulum, in which compensation is effected by the opposite expansion of sets of rodsof different metals.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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