pendent
/ˈpɛndənt/ · noun
Meaning
- A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
- A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
- The dangling part of an earring.
- A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
- One of a pair; a counterpart.
- An appendix or addition, as to a book.
- Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
- Pending in various senses.
- (of a structure) 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.
- (grammar, of a sentence) incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
- Projecting over something; overhanging.
Etymology / origin
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