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

In a pendulous manner.

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

A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.

A genus of curassows, including the guans.

A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain.

The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Cheyne.

Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively. And pierce his only penetrable part. Dryden. I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats. Shak. -- Pen"e*tra*ble*ness, n. -- Pen"e*tra*bly, adv.

Penetralia. [Obs.] Harvey.

Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred penetralia of the home.

The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia.

Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold. "Penetrant and powerful arguments." Boyle.

into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor.

In a penetrating manner.

The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult. And to each in ward part, With gentle penetration, though unseen, Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep. Milton. A penetration into the difficulties of algebra. Watts.…

Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun. His look became keen and penetrative. Hawthorne.

The quality of being penetrative.

A squid.

See Pinfold.