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Nov 14, 2009
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pend•ant



Pronunciation: (pen'dunt), [key]
—n. Also,pendent.
1. a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.
2. an ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling.
3. a hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier.
4. that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch.
5. a match, parallel, companion, or counterpart.
6. Also,pennant. Naut.a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and having a block or thimble secured to its free end.

—adj.
pendent.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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