pendentive

English

A compound dome (red) with pendentives (yellow)

Etymology

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.

Translations

triangular section of vaulting

• Catalan: petxina (ca) f
• French: pendentif (fr) m
• Galician: cuncha (gl) f
• German: Pendentif (de) n, Eckzwickel m
• Italian: pennacchio (it) m
• Portuguese: pendente (pt) m
• Spanish: pechina (es) f

See also

• squinch

Further reading

• pendentive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia