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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Ääntäminen

  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈpɛndənt/
KieliKäännökset
italiavertente
latinapendulus
portugalipendente
saksaanhängig
suomiriippuva, ratkaisematon, keskeneräinen

Määritelmät

Adjektiivi

  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.

Esimerkit

  • The doctor's head [...] was framed in the golden semi-circle of a wig with long pendent curls that touched his shoulders [...]
  • An interesting development has been the analysis of the image of a pendent drop by a video digitizer.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkopendents
Komparatiivimore pendent
Superlatiivimost pendent

Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.

Charter dated 1549, bearing a pendent seal

(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.

The dome of Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), constructed in segments. The structure is stable because each segment is supported by the others. Such segments are said to be pendent.