What is "impendency"

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.

alt. 1 The state of impending. 2 That which impends. n. 1 The state of impending. 2 That which impends.

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