[
UK
/pˈɛndənt/
]
NOUN
- branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
- an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
ADJECTIVE
-
held from above and hanging down
a pendant bunch of grapes
How To Use pendent In A Sentence
- The remaining three evolutionary forces are nonadaptive in the sense that they are not a function of the fitness properties of individuals: mutation is the ultimate source of variation on which natural selection acts, recombination assorts variation within and among chromosomes, and genetic drift ensures that gene frequencies will deviate a bit from generation to generation independent of other forces. A Disclaimer for Behe?
- An asylum seeker with insulin dependent diabetes has recently had her claim for asylum rejected.
- John Sayles is often hailed as the king of independent cinema, so it is little wonder that his latest movie, Silver City, was able to attract such a mouth-watering cast.
- Young people from welfare-dependent single-parent families just aren't artful dodgers ready to graduate into serious crime and a moral vacuum.
- Each eye can move independently and can focus on object with three different areas, giving the mantis shrimp "trinocular vision". ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
- Independent observers will monitor the elections.
- Each bottle rests in an independent sleeve from the others so it can also be separated and used again for your wine travel needs. 2010 February | Dr Vino's wine blog
- We do learn that Olive was wild and independent, refusing to live as a shy ingénue.
- Save aggressively over the next five years so she has the choice to work as an independent consultant, if she desires.
- The independent consultant with any hope of being self-supporting must have an organized library of information available at a moment's notice.