PENDENTIVE

Meaning of PENDENTIVE in English

[pen.den.tive] n [F pendentif, fr. L pendent-, pendens, prp. of pendere] (ca. 1741): one of the concave triangular members that supports a dome over a square space

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PENDENTIVE — noun Etymology: French pendentif, from Latin pendent-, pendens, present participle of pendēre Date: circa 1741 one of the concave triangular …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PENDENTIVE — In architecture, a triangular segment of a spherical surface that forms the transition between the circular plan of a dome …
Английский словарь Британика
PENDENTIVE — I. penˈdentiv, -tēv also -təv noun ( -s ) Etymology: French pendentif, from Latin pendent-, pendens (present participle of pendēre …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PENDENTIVE — (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel.
Английский словарь Webster
PENDENTIVE — (n.) The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is …
Английский словарь Webster
PENDENTIVE — ( n. ) The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PENDENTIVE — ( n. ) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PENDENTIVE — /pen den"tiv/ , n. Archit. 1. any of several spandrels, in the form of spherical triangles, forming a transition between …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PENDENTIVE — noun Etymology: French pendentif, from Latin pendent-, pendens, present participle of pendēre Date: circa 1741 : one of the concave …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PENDENTIVE — noun the part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel. 2. pendentive …
Webster English vocab
PENDENTIVE — [ pɛn'dɛntɪv ] ■ noun Architecture a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PENDENTIVE — in architecture, a triangular segment of a spherical surface, filling in the upper corners of a room, in order to …
Britannica English vocabulary
PENDENTIVE — pendentive BrE AmE pen ˈdent ɪv AmE \ -ˈden t̬ ɪv ▷ pendentive|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PENDENTIVE — n. Archit. a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches. [F pendentif …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PENDENTIVE — n. Archit. a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches. [ F …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PENDENTIVE — n. Archit. a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches. Etymology: F …
Oxford English vocab
PENDENTIVE — adj. In architecture, a triangular segment of a spherical surface that forms the transition between the circular plan of a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PENDENTIVE — парус
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PENDENTIVE — архит. парус ( свода )
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PENDENTIVE — архит. парус (свода)
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PENDENTIVE — парус
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PENDENTIVE — парус (свода или купола)
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
PENDENTIVE — парус
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PENDENTIVE — adj. Pronunciation: pen- ' den-tiv Function: noun Etymology: French pendentif, from Latin pendent-, pendens, present participle of pend ē re …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE — Building style of Constantinople (now Istanbul, formerly ancient Byzantium) after AD 330. Byzantine architects were eclectic, at first drawing heavily …
Английский словарь Британика
SQUINCH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONCHA — I. ˈkäŋkə also ˈkȯŋ- noun ( plural con·chae -ŋˌkē, -ŋˌkī) Etymology: in sense 1, from Italian conca, from Late Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PANACHE — /peuh nash", -nahsh"/ , n. 1. a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STALACTITE WORK — also called Honeycomb Work, Arabic Al-halimat Al-'uliya (the overhang), pendentive form of architectural ornamentation, resembling the geological formations called stalactites. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SQUINCH — in architecture, any of several devices by which a square or polygonal room has its upper corners filled in to …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOME — in geology, any large or elliptical structure formed by the fractureless upwarping of rock strata. It is a type of …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOME — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE central ▪ Many churches had four simple gables of equal size one on each …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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