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Definition of: pendentive
(pen·den′tiv) noun Archit.
1. The vaulting that serves to connect an angle of a square area enclosed by four arches with a dome that rests upon the arches.
2. The principle or system of such vaulting and use of the dome. [<MF pendentif <L pendens, -entis, ppr. of pendere hang]
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