Pendent definition

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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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(grammar, of a sentence) Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
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Alternative spelling of pendant.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
pendent
Plural:
pendents

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

  • 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.

  • The muzzle is short, the ears large and pendent, the limbs relatively short and heavy, and the coat thick and frequently long.

  • The English mastiff is a huge and powerful dog with pendent ears but short and silky coat.

  • The ears, naturally pendent at the tips, are always cropped.

  • A variety with very pendent boughs, known as the " drooping " larch var.

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