pendent

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Synonyms: pendant

Antonyms: pendant

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Adjective

1. [[dangling|Dangling]], [[drooping]], hanging down or [[suspended]].
2. [[pending|Pending]] (in various senses). {{attn|en|Please specify which ones!}}
3. {{lb|en|architecture|of a structure}} Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the [[voussoir]]s of an arch or the [[pendentive]]s of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
4. {{lb|en|heraldry}} Hanging or pointed downward; {{lb|en|of a crescent}} with its horns pointing downward.<!-- [[File:Crescent orientations in heraldry.png|right|thumb|Clockwise from the dexter chief (the viewer's top left) : a heraldic {{l|en|crescent}} (gules), a '''crescent pendent''' (azure i.e. blue), a {{l|en|decrescent}} (tenné), and an {{l|en|increscent}} (vert).]]-->
5. {{lb|en|grammar|of a sentence}} [[incomplete|Incomplete]] in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[projecting|Projecting]] over something; [[overhanging]].

Noun

1. {{alternative spelling of|en|pendant}}.

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