pendent

Etymology
From, , , respelled to reflect , , present participle of. Compare, which retained the spelling.

Adjective

 * 1) Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
 * 2) Pending (in various senses).
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  Hanging or pointed downward;  with its horns pointing downward.
 * 5)  Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
 * 6)  Projecting over something; overhanging.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  Hanging or pointed downward;  with its horns pointing downward.
 * 3)  Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
 * 4)  Projecting over something; overhanging.
 * 1)  Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
 * 2)  Projecting over something; overhanging.
 * 1)  Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
 * 2)  Projecting over something; overhanging.

Derived terms

 * pendent jurisdiction

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Latin: pendulus
 * Maori: whakatāweru, hāwere, hauwere

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) pending, unresolved; waiting on
 * 2) sloped, sloping, inclined

Noun

 * 1) slope, incline

Preposition

 * 1) during

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) baldric