English-Thai Dictionary

pendulous

ADJ แกว่ง ไปมา  ซึ่ง ห้อย อยู่  swaying swinging dangling kwang-pai-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PENDULOSITY, PENDULOUSNESS

n.[See Pendulous. ] The state of hanging; suspension. [The latter is the preferable word. ]

 

PENDULOUS

a.[L. pendulus, from pendeo, to hang. ] Hanging; swinging; fastened to one end, the other being movable. The dewlap of an animal is pendulous.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PENDULOSITY

Pen `du *los "i *ty, n. Etym: [See Pendulous. ]

 

Defn: The state or quality of being pendulous. Sir T. Browne.

 

PENDULOUS

Pen "du *lous, a. Etym: [L. pendulus, fr. pendere to hang. Cf. Pendant, and cf. Pendulum. ]

 

1. Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging. Shak. "The pendulous round earth. Milton.

 

2. Wavering; unstable; doubtful. [R.] "A pendulous state of mind. " Atterbury.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.

 

PENDULOUSLY

PENDULOUSLY Pen "du *lous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a pendulous manner.

 

PENDULOUSNESS

PENDULOUSNESS Pen "du *lous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hanging loosely; pendulosity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pendulous

pen du lous |ˈpenjələs, ˈpendyə -ˈpɛnʤələs | ▶adjective hanging down loosely: pendulous branches. DERIVATIVES pen du lous ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin pendulus ‘hanging down ’ (from pendere ‘hang ’) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

pendulous

pendulous |ˈpɛndjʊləs | ▶adjective hanging down loosely: pendulous branches. DERIVATIVES pendulously adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin pendulus ‘hanging down ’ (from pendere ‘hang ’) + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pendulous

pendulous adjective large, pendulous flowers: drooping, dangling, trailing, droopy, sagging, saggy, floppy; hanging, pendent, pensile.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pendulous

pendulous adjective this magnolia produces large, white, pendulous flowers: drooping, dangling, droopy, sagging, saggy, floppy; hanging, suspended, supported from above, pendent; swinging, swaying, falling, tumbling, trailing, flowing, loose, relaxed; rare pensile.

 

Spanish Dictionary

péndulo

péndulo nombre masculino Cuerpo sólido que, desde una posición de equilibrio determinada por un punto fijo del que está suspendido situado por encima de su centro de gravedad, puede oscilar libremente, primero hacia un lado y luego hacia el contrario :el péndulo del reloj .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xviii ) del latín pendulus ‘pendiente, que pende ’, derivado de pendere. De la familia etimológica de pender (V.).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pendulous

pen du lous /pén (d )ʒ (ə )ləs |-djʊ -/形容詞 ｟文 ｠〈体の一部 花などが 〉だらりと下がった ; ぶらぶら揺れる ; 〈心が 〉揺れ動く .