Afhang
Afhang is a Dutch noun that historically denotes the act or state of hanging down or being suspended from a support, and by extension a hanging part of a device or structure. The term is formed from the prefix af- (down, off) and hang, the noun for hanging. In modern standard Dutch the noun "afhang" is rarely used; more common are forms like afhanging (the act of hanging) and afhangen (to hang down) or the related noun afhankelijkheid (dependence). Consequently, afhang today is mostly found in older literature, technical jargon, or dialectal varieties where it may occur as a nominalization of the verb 'afhangen'.
In semantics, the concept appears in two broad senses: a physical sense referring to a portion that
Usage notes: because modern usage favors afhanging, afhangen, or afhankelijkheid, afhang is more likely to be