Definitions for pendentive

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pendentive pen·den·tive

Spelling: [pen-den-tiv]

IPA: /pɛnˈdɛn tɪv/

Pendentive is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 223 anagrams from letters in pendentive (deeeinnptv).

Definitions for pendentive

noun

1. any of several spandrels, in the form of spherical triangles, forming a transition between the circular plan of a dome and the polygonal plan of the supporting masonry.
2. any of several masonry devices, as squinches or trompes, for forming a transition between a circular or polygonal construction, as a dome or lantern, and supporting masonry of a different plan.

adjective

1. functioning as, or substituting for, a pendentive:

Origin of pendentive

1720-30; pendent + -ive, modeled on French pendentif

Examples for pendentive

In these examples a pendentive is formed at each angle of the square, and thus the octagonal base is formed for the vault.

Such a form of pendentive is rarely seen in works of this age.

Stalactite work is employed in the pendentive of the smaller apses and in the capitals of the columns carrying the pointed arches.

The angel figures of this pendentive are among the most beautiful and characteristic of the myriad throng of the cupola.

The pendentive under the dome is similar in its construction to those under the dome of the curious church of Ainay, at Lyons.

There is not much in the figure of our pendentive to suggest the stern and fearless prophet of the wilderness.