pendentiven.adj.

Brit.

/pɛnˈdɛntɪv/, U.S.

/pɛnˈdɛn(t)ɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pendentif.

Etymology: < French pendentif (1561 in Middle French, 1529 in plural pendentiz ) < classical Latin pendent- , pendēns hanging (see pendent adj.) + French -if -ive suffix.

Architecture.

A. n.

1. Each of the concave curved triangles lying between the arches supporting a dome, cupola, etc., and the baseline of this structure; an analogous curved region between the groins of a vaulted roof, etc.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > dome or cupola > supporting structure

pendentive1728

rib1735

tholobate1831

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Pendentives are usually of Brick, or soft Stone.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 561 To cove the ceiling of a square room with conical pendentives.

1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 168 Four columns..served to support the cupola... Being raised on a square ground plan, the angles were connected by pendentives.

1936 A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. W. Europe iv. 81 The cupolas over the crossing are generally octagonal and rest on squinches, but the round form on pendentives appears occasionally.

1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 July 25/3 A clever reference to the customary placement of evangelists in the pendentives or lower drum, of the domes over high altars.

†2. Used of other architectural features having a similar appearance or function. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1845 used for pendant n. 1c.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > pendants

pendant1506

honeycomb1838

honeycomb work1839

pendentive1845

pendanting1851

stalactite1851

wall-piece1860

stalactite-work1902

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > roof-beam > rafter > posts

pendant1359

pendant-post1359

side post1625

crown post1663

king piece1663

king post1669

hip pole1783

queen post1797

king1811

queen1811

middle post1819

ashlar-piece1869

wall-post1871

pendentive1893

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 374 The honeycomb stalactical pendentives..are all constructed on mathematical principles; they are composed of numerous prisms, united by their contiguous lateral surfaces.

1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres I. ii. 16 The high flat walls are unrelieved by..any architectural ornament, save one invariable line of cornice along the top of the wall, formed of simple pendentives.

1893 H. G. Keene Hist. India I. ii. §1. 60 It is now in five storeys, the two lower divided from the rest by balconies, supported on rich pendentives going all round the circumference.

B. adj.

Of or relating to a pendentive or pendentives; of the form of or having pendentives.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > dome or cupola > support

pendentive1790

1790 W. Wrighte Grotesque Archit. 8 The dome was..ornamented with pendentive shell and frosted work.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 578 Pendentive cradling, is a cove bracketing, springing from the rectangular walls of an apartment upwards to the ceiling, so as to form the horizontal part of the ceiling into a complete circle or ellipsis.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 402/2 The dome of the hall or principal office of the London and Westminster Bank is a pendentive one.

1925 Geogr. Jrnl. 66 154 In the portal of this fort, which is surmounted by a dome on pendentive supports, is the prison to which I have already referred.

1994 Independent on Sunday 18 Dec. (Review Suppl.) 20/2 A subterranean courtyard and a dining room and theatre, both with pendentive ceilings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pendentive
释义	pendentiven.adj. Brit. /pɛnˈdɛntɪv/, U.S. /pɛnˈdɛn(t)ɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pendentif. Etymology: < French pendentif (1561 in Middle French, 1529 in plural pendentiz ) < classical Latin pendent- , pendēns hanging (see pendent adj.) + French -if -ive suffix. Architecture. A. n. 1. Each of the concave curved triangles lying between the arches supporting a dome, cupola, etc., and the baseline of this structure; an analogous curved region between the groins of a vaulted roof, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > dome or cupola > supporting structure pendentive1728 rib1735 tholobate1831 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Pendentives are usually of Brick, or soft Stone. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 561 To cove the ceiling of a square room with conical pendentives. 1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 168 Four columns..served to support the cupola... Being raised on a square ground plan, the angles were connected by pendentives. 1936 A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. W. Europe iv. 81 The cupolas over the crossing are generally octagonal and rest on squinches, but the round form on pendentives appears occasionally. 1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 July 25/3 A clever reference to the customary placement of evangelists in the pendentives or lower drum, of the domes over high altars. †2. Used of other architectural features having a similar appearance or function. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1845 used for pendant n. 1c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > pendants pendant1506 honeycomb1838 honeycomb work1839 pendentive1845 pendanting1851 stalactite1851 wall-piece1860 stalactite-work1902 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > roof-beam > rafter > posts pendant1359 pendant-post1359 side post1625 crown post1663 king piece1663 king post1669 hip pole1783 queen post1797 king1811 queen1811 middle post1819 ashlar-piece1869 wall-post1871 pendentive1893 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 374 The honeycomb stalactical pendentives..are all constructed on mathematical principles; they are composed of numerous prisms, united by their contiguous lateral surfaces. 1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres I. ii. 16 The high flat walls are unrelieved by..any architectural ornament, save one invariable line of cornice along the top of the wall, formed of simple pendentives. 1893 H. G. Keene Hist. India I. ii. §1. 60 It is now in five storeys, the two lower divided from the rest by balconies, supported on rich pendentives going all round the circumference. B. adj. Of or relating to a pendentive or pendentives; of the form of or having pendentives. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > dome or cupola > support pendentive1790 1790 W. Wrighte Grotesque Archit. 8 The dome was..ornamented with pendentive shell and frosted work. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 578 Pendentive cradling, is a cove bracketing, springing from the rectangular walls of an apartment upwards to the ceiling, so as to form the horizontal part of the ceiling into a complete circle or ellipsis. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 402/2 The dome of the hall or principal office of the London and Westminster Bank is a pendentive one. 1925 Geogr. Jrnl. 66 154 In the portal of this fort, which is surmounted by a dome on pendentive supports, is the prison to which I have already referred. 1994 Independent on Sunday 18 Dec. (Review Suppl.) 20/2 A subterranean courtyard and a dining room and theatre, both with pendentive ceilings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1728
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