pendent

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more pendent

Superlative

most pendent

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

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

pendents

1.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative spelling of pendant.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

semipendentpendent jurisdictionpendently pendentive

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English pendaunt, pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (to hang, to be suspended). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling.