pendentive

pen·den·tive

noun \pen-ˈden-tiv\

Definition of PENDENTIVE

: one of the concave triangular members that support a dome over a square space

Illustration of PENDENTIVE

Origin of PENDENTIVE

French pendentif, from Latin pendent-, pendens, present participle of pendēre

First Known Use: circa 1741

Rhymes with PENDENTIVE

adventive, attentive, incentive, inventive, preventive, retentive