Definition of Pendintive
Pen*den"tive (?), n. [F.
pendentif, fr. L. pendere to hang.] (Arch.)
(a) The portion of a vault by means of which the
square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or
circle to receive a cupola. (b) The part of
a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or
corbel.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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