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語源

From the earlier form peremint, perhaps a dialectal alteration of pyramid, under the influence of -ment.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpɛd.ɪ.mənt/
• 韻: -ɛdɪmənt

名詞

pediment (plural pediments)

1. (architecture) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.

   Hyponym: gooseneck pediment

   • 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5:

     Passing the Congregation Shearith Israel on Central Park West (a white whale of a building with a triangular pediment supported by four count ’em four massive Corinthian columns), Professor Solanka scurrying through the downpour remembered the newly bat-mitzvahed thirteen-year-old girl he’d glimpsed through the side door, […]

2. (geology) A very gently sloping (0.5°-7°) inclined bedrock surface.

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