Definition of "pendent" in English

adjective

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.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of pendant.