Pendent meaning

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Hanging down; dangling; suspended.
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Projecting; overhanging.
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Awaiting settlement; pending.
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Hanging; suspended.
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Overhanging.
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Undecided; pending.
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Pending in various senses.
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Alternative spelling of pendant.
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(grammar, of a sentence) Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
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Origin of pendent

  • Middle English pendant (influenced by Latin pendēns pendent-) (present participle of pendēre to hang) from Old French pendant1
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Latin pendens, pendentis, p.pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Compare pendant. From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Old French pendant.
    From Wiktionary

Pendent Sentence Examples

  • coccinea, I ft., has erect racemes of pendent crimson flowers.

  • Tulun, the first founder of a quasi-inde~~ pendent dynasty.

  • Since the four co-ordinates (Cartesian or other) of these two points are connected by the relation which expresses the invariability of the length AB, it is plain that virtually three inde pendent elements are re quired and suffice to specify the position of the lamina.

  • pendent nation.

  • The pendent cones are very large, sometimes 18 in.

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