Definition:Conical Pendulum

Definition

A conical pendulum is a simple pendulum whose bob moves in a circle in the horizontal plane with constant angular speed.

Hence, the shaft is the generatrix of a right circular cone.

Also see

• Period of Revolution of Conical Pendulum

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): conical pendulum
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): conical pendulum