Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A three-sided, curved section of vaulting between the rim of a dome and each adjacent pair of the arches that support it.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having pendentives; of the shape of or pertaining to pendentives.
- noun In architecture, one of the triangular segments of the lower part of a hemispherical dome left by the penetration of the dome by two semicircular or ogival vaults, intersecting at right angles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun 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 thedome .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The most remarkable part of the structure is the cupola, terminating in an octagonal lantern, and supported on pendentive arches.
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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Near this station is the church of St. Paul, all modern excepting the beautiful N. portal, the handsome octagonal lantern resting on pendentive arches, a few of the windows, and part of the walls which belonged to the original church of the 11th cent.
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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There is foliage upon the capitals of these vaulting-shafts, and upon the capital and base of that which supports the last pendentive of the vaulting.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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The westernmost pendentive on either side rests on a
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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The cupola of the chancel rests on circular pendentive arches springing from four granite columns which stood formerly in the temple of Augustus.
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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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 A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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Above it was a pendentive roof, richly carved and coloured.
There was a King in Egypt Norma Lorimer 1906
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The angel figures of this pendentive are among the most beautiful and characteristic of the myriad throng of the cupola.
Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation 1489-1534 [Illustrator] Correggio 1893
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The pendentive of our illustration contains St. John with St. Augustine.
Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation 1489-1534 [Illustrator] Correggio 1893
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The angel figures of the pendentive are worthy of notice.
Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation 1489-1534 [Illustrator] Correggio 1893
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