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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
"word": "傅科擺"
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"roman": "Fùkē bǎi",
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"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
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"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
"word": "Foucaultin heiluri"
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"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "puḳos kankara",
"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
"word": "ფუკოს ქანქარა"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
"word": "Foucault-inga"
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"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
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"word": "pendolo di Foucault"
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"roman": "Fūkō no furiko",
"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
"word": "フーコーの振り子"
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"word": "ма́ятник Фуко́"
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"word": "傅科擺"
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"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
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"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
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"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "puḳos kankara",
"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
"word": "ფუკოს ქანქარა"
},
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"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
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"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
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"sense": "pendulum free to move in any direction",
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"roman": "májatnik Fukó",
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