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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Impendence \Im*pend"ence\, Impendency \Im*pend"en*cy\, n.
     The state of impending; also, that which impends.
     ``Impendence of volcanic cloud.'' --Ruskin.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

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

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 迫切;危急;悬空

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