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Impendence

Impendence \Im*pend"ence\, Impendency \Im*pend"en*cy\, n. The state of impending; the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon; also, that which impends. ``Impendence of volcanic cloud.''
--Ruskin.

Syn: imminence, imminency, impendence, forthcomingness.

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impendence

n. the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon [syn: imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendency, forthcomingness]

Usage examples of "impendence".

He shifted the impendence coil out of circuit, and when that did not seem to help enough he returned to his home and on a piece of notepaper wrote neatly, "I have gone to the library," and placed it in clear view on his worktable.