pendent

IPA: pˈɛndʌnt

Alternative spelling of pendant [(architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter.]

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

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