pediment
In architecture, the triangular structure crowning the portico of a classical building. The pediment was a distinctive feature of Greek temples.
pediment
| Broad, gently inclined erosion surface formed at the base of a mountain as it erodes and retreats. Pediments consist of bedrock and are often covered with a thin layer of sediments, called alluvium, which have been eroded off the mountain. |
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