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pendent

/ˈpɛndənt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
  2. A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
  3. The dangling part of an earring.
  4. A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
  5. One of a pair; a counterpart.
  6. An appendix or addition, as to a book.
  7. Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
  8. Pending in various senses.
  9. (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.
  10. (grammar, of a sentence) incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
  11. Projecting over something; overhanging.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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