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Pendent
Meaning
Adj
●
Dangling,
drooping
,
hanging
down or suspended.
●
Pending (in various senses).
●
In Architecture:
Either
hanging
in some
sense
, or
constructed
of
multiple
elements
such as the
voussoirs
of an
arch
or the
pendentives
of a
dome
, none of which can
stand on its own
, but which in
combination
are stable.
●
In Heraldry:
Hanging or
pointed
downward
; (of a
crescent
) with its
horns
pointing
downward
.
●
In Grammar:
Incomplete in some
sense
, such as
lacking
a
finite
verb.
●
Projecting over something; overhanging.
Noun
●
Alternative
spelling
of pendant
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Origin
pendent
English
pendens
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Tiara
Circlet
Medallion
Contingent
Claddagh Ring
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