noun
- a curved triangular surface that forms the transition between a circular dome and the square base that supports it
Usage: architecture
Examples
- The Byzantine church featured beautiful pendentives decorated with mosaics.
- Four pendentives supported the massive dome above the altar.
- The architect carefully designed the pendentives to distribute the dome’s weight.
- Ancient builders used pendentives to place circular domes on square foundations.
- The cathedral’s pendentives were adorned with paintings of the four evangelists.
- Engineers studied the structural properties of the stone pendentives.