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单词 pendent
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Definition of pendent in English:

pendent

adjective ˈpɛnd(ə)ntˈpɛndənt
  • 1Hanging down or overhanging.

    pendent catkins
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Community Support for older people under the 2005 scheme - Personal telephone alarm with pendent panic button.
    • The plants creep over the bark substrate and sometimes have elongate irregularly branched pendent branches.
    • At one minute you are struggling for space, and suddenly you emerge upon a Gothic-looking hall, full of gracefully pendent stalactites.
    • Assistance if now available locally to any group or individual making an application for the pendent alarm.
    • Personal telephone alarm with pendent panic button applications must be in by May 17th.
    Synonyms
    hanging, suspended, supported from above, dangling, pendulous, drooping, droopy, flaccid, swinging, swaying, trailing, flowing, falling, tumbling
    rare pendant, pensile
  • 2Remaining undecided; pending.

    the use of jurisdiction to decide pendent claims
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Additionally, they assert jurisdiction for their common-law tort claims under principles of pendent and ancillary jurisdiction.
  • 3Grammar
    (especially of a sentence) incomplete; not having a finite verb.

Derivatives

  • pendency

  • noun ˈpɛnd(ə)nsiˈpɛnd(ə)nsi
    • The courts are also powerless to ensure maintenance for herself and her children during the pendency of the trial.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We do not anticipate making further comments during the pendency of the judicial process.
      • Neither the pendency of the applications for special leave to appeal to this Court, nor the disposition of the matter in the Court of Appeal precludes the making of such an order.
      • And it is in effect and will remain in effect for the pendency of the case.
      • One of the reasons for pendency is lack of adequate staff.

Rhymes

appendant, ascendant, attendant, codependent, defendant, descendant, descendent, intendant, interdependent, pendant, splendent, superintendent, transcendent
 
 

Definition of pendent in US English:

pendent

adjectiveˈpendəntˈpɛndənt
  • 1Hanging down or overhanging.

    pendent lichens
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At one minute you are struggling for space, and suddenly you emerge upon a Gothic-looking hall, full of gracefully pendent stalactites.
    • Assistance if now available locally to any group or individual making an application for the pendent alarm.
    • The plants creep over the bark substrate and sometimes have elongate irregularly branched pendent branches.
    • Community Support for older people under the 2005 scheme - Personal telephone alarm with pendent panic button.
    • Personal telephone alarm with pendent panic button applications must be in by May 17th.
    Synonyms
    hanging, suspended, supported from above, dangling, pendulous, drooping, droopy, flaccid, swinging, swaying, trailing, flowing, falling, tumbling
  • 2Undecided; pending.

    the use of jurisdiction to decide pendent claims
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Additionally, they assert jurisdiction for their common-law tort claims under principles of pendent and ancillary jurisdiction.
  • 3Grammar
    (especially of a sentence) incomplete; not having a finite verb.

 
 
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