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| pen·den·tive [ pen déntiv ] (plural pen·den·tives) |
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triangular vaulting under dome: a sloping triangular piece of vaulting between the arches that support a dome and its rim
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| [Early 18th century. < French pendentif< Latin pendere "hang"] |
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