Definitions For Pendentive

Noun

PENDENTIVE (plural PENDENTIVEs) (architecture) The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.

See also

squinch

Translations

Catalan: petxina, f French: pendentif, m Galician: cuncha, f German: Pendentif, n Spanish: pechina, f

Etymology

From .

Is Pendentive a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
20

The word Pendentive is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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