chronograph vs pendulum

chronograph

noun
  • A combination of a watch and a stopwatch. 

  • A device which marks or records time or time intervals. 

verb
  • To make an accurate measurement of the speed of a projectile. 

pendulum

noun
  • A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain. 

  • Used to refer to the tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes). 

  • A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling. 

  • A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks. 

How often have the words chronograph and pendulum occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )