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 {{bor, en, fr, pendentif}}.

Is Pendentive a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

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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