PENDENTIVE


Meaning of PENDENTIVE in English

adj.

Pronunciation: pen- ' den-tiv

Function: noun

Etymology: French pendentif, from Latin pendent-, pendens, present participle of pend ē re

Date: circa 1741

: one of the concave triangular members that support a dome over a square space

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