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Segmental pediment
A pediment whose upper edge is a segment of a circle rather than two straight rakes.
See also: Broken pediment
Rules that use the word
A pediment within a pediment. Mark the main door by setting a segmental pediment inside a larger triangular one, or by breaking the pediment open to hold a cartouche or statue.
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Scaenae frons · Scotia · Screens passage · Scroll · Seked · Semicircular arch · Semidome · Şerefe