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Definition of Pendentives
1. pendentive [n] - See also: pendentive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pendentives
Literary usage of Pendentives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1865)
"So long as these rested on drums rising from the ground the circular form sufficed ;
but when it became necessary to rest them on pendentives in the angles ..."
2. History of Indian and Eastern Architecture by James Fergusson (1899)
"This was accomplished by forming the pendentives so that they not only cut off
the angles, but that, as shown in the plan, their arches intersect one ..."
3. History of the Moorish Empire in Europe by Samuel Parsons Scott (1904)
"... the Mosque of Cordova—Stuccoes—Their Composition and Infinite Variety of Form —
Stalactitic pendentives— Woodwork — Its Beautiful and Intricate Designs ..."
4. The Redemption of Egypt by William Basil Worsfold (1899)
"... (cruciform) college- mosque—Influence of Crusades—Development of " stalactite "
pendentives— Period of Turkoman Mamelukes, 1250-1382—Use of Gothic forms ..."
5. Stereotomy: Problems in Stone Cutting. In Four Classes. I. Plane-sided by Samuel Edward Warren (1875)
"12 ; the cylindrical back, square with the last surface, and marked by No.
13 ; and the spherical surface, MNa^62, by Nos. 19 and 20. pendentives. ..."
6. How to Study Architecture by Charles Henry Caffin (1917)
"These reels represent the piers on which the pendentives are to be constructed.
... The rind which remains represents the four pendentives. ..."
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