impendency n 1: the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon [syn: {imminence}, {imminency}, {imminentness}, {impendence}, {impendency}, {forthcomingness}]
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]