pendulus — meaning in English

English meaning

• hanging adj Suspended or dangling from something.
• pendent adj Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.

Senses

pendulus is used for these senses in English:

• hanging Suspended.
• pendent Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
• pendulous (biology) Having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping

hanging — full definition

1. adj Suspended or dangling from something.
2. noun Execution by suspending someone by the neck.
3. noun A decorative item that hangs, such as a tapestry or curtain.

pendent — full definition

1. adj Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
2. adj Pending (in various senses).
3. adj 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. adj Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.

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