pendentive

English

A compound dome (red) with pendentives (yellow)

Etymology

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French pendant
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -if
Middle French -if
French -if
French pendentifbor.
English pendentive

    Borrowed from French pendentif.

    Noun

    pendentive (plural pendentives)

    1. (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.

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