Meaning Of The Word Pendentive
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Pendentive Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Pendentive?
pendentive in American English
one of the triangular pieces of vaulting springing from the corners of a rectangular area, serving to support a rounded or polygonal dome: usually supported by a single pier adjective: functioning as, or substituting for, a pendentive noun: 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 pendentive in British English noun: 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 |
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