pendentive

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English[edit]

A compound dome (red) with pendentives (yellow)

Etymology[edit]

From French pendentif.

Noun[edit]

pendentive (plural pendentives)

(architecture) The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.

Translations[edit]

triangular section of vaulting

Catalan: petxina (ca) f
French: pendentif (fr) m
Galician: cuncha (gl) f
German: Pendentif (de) n, Eckzwickel m
Italian: pennacchio (it) m
Portuguese: pendente (pt) m
Spanish: pechina (es) f

See also[edit]

squinch

Further reading[edit]

pendentive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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