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ARCH

April 15, 2024

On drawings, abbr. for architect, architecture, or architectural. A construction that spans an opening; usually curved; often consists of wedge-shaped […]

acute arch, anse de panier, architect, architectural, architecture, arrire-voussure, back arch, basket-handle arch, bell arch, blind arch, camber arch, catenary arch, cinquefoil arch, compound arch, cusped arch, diminished arch, discharging arch, Dutch arch, elliptical arch, equilateral arch, flat arch, Florentine arch, foil arch, French arch, garden arch, gauged arch, Gothic arch, horseshoe arch, inverted arch, jack arch, keel arch, keystone arch, lancet arch, Mayan arch, memorial arch, miter arch, Moorish arch, ogee arch, pointed arch, Queen Anne arch, raking arch, rampant arch, rear arch, relieving arch, round arch, rowlock arch, safety arch, sconcheon arch, secondary arch, segmental arch, semicircular arch, semielliptical arch, shouldered arch, skew arch, straight arch, three-centered arch, transverse arch, trefoil arch, triangular arch, triumphal arch, Tudor arch, two-centered arch

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arcella

April 15, 2024

A cheese room, in medieval architecture.

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arc-boutant

April 15, 2024

Same as flying buttress.

flying buttress

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arcature

April 15, 2024

1. Arcading. 2. An ornamental, miniature arcade.

Arcading

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arcae

April 15, 2024

In ancient Roman architecture, the gutters of the cavaedium.

cavaedium

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arcade

April 15, 2024

1. A line of counterthrusting arches raised on columns or piers. Also see blind arcade, coupled arcade, interlacing arcade, intersecting

blind arcade, coupled arcade, interlacing arcade, intersecting arcade, surface arcade, wall arcade

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arca custodiae

April 15, 2024

In ancient Roman architecture, a type of cell for the confinement of prisoners.

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arc weld

April 15, 2024

A weld in which the heat of fusion is supplied by an electric arc.

weld

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ARC W, ARC/W

April 15, 2024

On drawings, abbr. for arc weld.

arc weld