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Meaning of Foucault's pendulum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A pendulum on a long wire, free to move in any direction; the plane of its motion appears to turn (clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere) as the world turns beneath it.

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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