pendentive
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.
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.
functioning as, or substituting for, a pendentive: pendentive corbeling.
Origin of pendentive
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How to use pendentive in a sentence
The last pendentive of the vaulting rests on a single shaft springing directly from a head-corbel.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon | Cecil Walter Charles HallettThe westernmost pendentive on either side rests on a Perpendicular corbel carved with delicate foliage.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon | Cecil Walter Charles HallettThe pendentive under the dome is similar in its construction to those under the dome of the curious church of Ainay, at Lyons.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund StreetIn these examples a pendentive is formed at each angle of the square, and thus the octagonal base is formed for the vault.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund StreetThe playful little fellow on the clouds below St. Matthew's feet looks across at the sprites of the opposite pendentive.
Correggio | Estelle M. Hurll
British Dictionary definitions for pendentive
/ (pɛnˈdɛntɪv) /
any of four triangular sections of vaulting with concave sides, positioned at a corner of a rectangular space to support a circular or polygonal dome
Origin of pendentive
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