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Meaning of "pediment" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEDIMENT

From obsolete periment, perhaps workman's corruption of pyramid.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PEDIMENT

pediment  [ˈpɛdɪmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEDIMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pediment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PEDIMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pediment

Pediment

A pediment is an element in classical, neoclassical and baroque architecture, and derivatives therefrom, consisting of a gable, originally of a triangular shape, placed above the horizontal structure of the entablature, typically supported by columns. The tympanum, or triangular area within the pediment, was often decorated with relief sculpture depicting scenes from Greek and Roman mythology or allegorical figures.

Definition of pediment in the English dictionary

The definition of pediment in the dictionary is a low-pitched gable, esp one that is triangular, as used in classical architecture. Other definition of pediment is a gently sloping rock surface, formed through denudation under arid conditions.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEDIMENT


complement
ˈkɒmplɪmənt
compliment
ˈkɒmplɪmənt
condiment
ˈkɒndɪmənt
deployment
dɪˈplɔɪmənt
disembodiment
ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
embodiment
ɪmˈbɒdɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
enjoyment
ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt
experiment
ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt
impediment
ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt
implement
ˈɪmplɪmənt
payment
ˈpeɪmənt
regiment
ˈrɛdʒɪmənt
repayment
rɪˈpeɪmənt
rudiment
ˈruːdɪmənt
sediment
ˈsɛdɪmənt
sentiment
ˈsɛntɪmənt
supplement
ˈsʌplɪmənt
unemployment
ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEDIMENT

pediatrics
pediatrist
pedicab
pedicel
pedicellaria
pedicellate
pedicle
pedicular
pediculate
pediculation
pediculoses
pediculosis
pediculous
pedicure
pedicurist
pediform
pedigree
pedigreed
pedimental
pedipalp

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEDIMENT

accompaniment
advertisement
aliment
animal experiment
control experiment
detriment
habiliment
left-handed compliment
liniment
merriment
Michelson-Morley experiment
muniment
nutriment
orpiment
parachute regiment
piment
presentiment
raiment
ressentiment
sepiment
speech impediment

Synonyms and antonyms of pediment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pediment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEDIMENT

Find out the translation of pediment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pediment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pediment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前冲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frontón
570 millions of speakers

English

pediment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ़ुटपाथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фронтон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

frontão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আট্টালিকার সন্মুখভাগের উপরিদেশে ত্রিকোণ গঠনবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fronton
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pediment
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Giebel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペディメント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

박공
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pediment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hình tam giác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைக்கட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुंपण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alınlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frontone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fronton
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фронтон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fronton
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αέτωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pediment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pedimenten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pediment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pediment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEDIMENT»

The term «pediment» is regularly used and occupies the 106.901 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEDIMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pediment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pediment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pediment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEDIMENT»

Discover the use of pediment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pediment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, |
PARTHENON: PEDIMENTS The subjects of the two pediments were especially appropriate for a temple that celebrated Athena—and the Athenians. The east pediment depicted the birth of the goddess. At the west was the contest between  ...
Fred Kleiner, 2013
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Encyclopedia of Geomorphology
Other researchers have placed this boundary where the thickness of alluvial cover exceeds a small proportion (e.g. 1 per cent) of total pediment length ( Dohrenwend 1994). A variety of pediment types have been recog- nized and classified.
Andrew Goudie, 2013
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Geomorphology of Desert Environments
Anthony J. Parsons, Athol D. Abrahams. MOUNTAIN PIEDMONT PEDIMENT Fig. 13.13 Early Pliocene basaltic lava flows of the Cima. forms exist on a continuum and that strict definitions are impossible. Pediments form part of the low-angle ...
Anthony J. Parsons, Athol D. Abrahams, 2009
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Desert Geomorphology
be impossible to assume that present drainage networks on a pediment were associated with its formation. In other instances, there may be several isolated pediments in what is essentially a uniform plain within a single drainage basin.
Ronald U. Cooke, Andrew Warren, Andrew S. Goudie, 2006
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Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture Civil, ...
Hence it is hardly possible to place more than eight, or, at the utmost, ten columns beneath a pediment, without making the pediment either too low in itself, or else too lofty and heavy a mass in comparison with the columns beneath it; thereby ...
John Weale, 1849
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Geomorphology in Deserts
And secondly, the pediment surfaces are re-graded as they are extended. Smith's view that sheetwash is important on the pediment is confirmed by Schumm who showed that it botn re-grades and transports debris across the surface. Schumm  ...
Ronald U. Cooke, Andrew Warren, 1973
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The Athenian Acropolis: History, Mythology, and Archaeology ...
Introduction Pediment (Acropolis 9), c. 550. Photo: author. of Athena - a particularly appropriate narrative for an Acropolis pediment, and one that would nicely anticipate the subject of the east pediment of the Periklean Parthenon [Fig. 86b; cf.
Jeffrey M. Hurwit, 1999
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The Pediments of the Parthenon
THE. WEST. PEDIMENT. APPENDIX a) East pediment identifications since 1963 G K L. "Kekrops, a man born of the earth, whose body was compounded of man and snake, was the first king of Attica. He named the country (formerly known as ...
Olga Palagia, 1998
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The Bath-Gymnasium Complex at Sardis
Above this, the pediment is carried by four columns, the same height as the regular second-story columns, and its wings extend to right and left. These wings are at once unified extensions of the two-story Pedimented Gate and aediculae of the ...
Fikret K. Yegül, 1986
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The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, C. 300 B.C. to ...
This propylon has a broken pediment in a similar position to that depicted in the wall-paintings, as in the House of the Labyrinth [143]. In both cases the broken pediment crowns an architectural arrangement which has a colonnaded open ...
Judith McKenzie, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEDIMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pediment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Column: Post-Star to publish Warren County pictorial history book
Just bring your photo or photos to one of the three upcoming sessions, and a representative from Pediment Publishing will work with you on ... «Glens Falls Post-Star, Jul 15»
2
Lulu in deal to build $170m hotel in London
It will retain the grand Edwardian Imperial red brick and stone facade with arched main entrance, ornate pediment and tall windows with feature ... «Trade Arabia, Jul 15»
3
Nick Ryman, vigneron - obituary
Fronted by a Palladian pediment, it has painted mural ceilings, stone staircases, 15 rooms and 27 hectares of vines. Ryman's ambition was to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
The Dezeen guide to Postmodern architecture and design
The historical quotations of this architecture – the red-sauce-restaurant Baroque, the swaggy Art Deco, that infamous broken pediment – were ... «Dezeen, Jul 15»
5
Drive-In theater was the wonder of its time
The Pediment Group, Inc. 2012 . 52. II vols. Print.; “Construction Of New Drive-In Theater Planned.” Medford News Ed. Tina Truwe, 25 Mar. «Ashland Daily Tidings, Jul 15»
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Construction is starting on a mixed-use building at Eastern Market. It …
The rest of DC's historic districts are a joke, requiring that a few hundred bricks and pediment in the front of a building be preserved. The rest ... «Greater Greater Washington, Jul 15»
7
Lechlade, Gloucestershire
It has a triangular pediment, but this has to curve to follow the line of the wall and ends up looking a bit like a bishop's mitre, taking the language ... «NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS, Jul 15»
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Newer carriage house harmonizes with historic-district home
Traditional touches on the carriage house include cornicebrackets, along the pediment overhang, like those on the main house; an arched ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
9
Review: Route 59, Durham Marriott Hotel Royal County, Durham
... tableau stands adjacent to dining room's main entrance framed by two Doric columns and a classical pediment only adds to the incongruity. «Darlington and Stockton Times, Jul 15»
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Soco specifies finishes for Stock spec homes at Quail West
A sense of formality in the dining room will be driven by a cappuccino-toned custom built-in with a solid base cabinet and cabinet pediment set ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 15»

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