Look up: Arch

1. Arch
   Can be round-headed, pointed, two-centered, or drop; ogee
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2. arch
   A curved structural member spanning an opening or recess. The wedge shaped elements that make up an arch keep one another in palce and transform the vertical pressure of the structure above into lateral pressure.
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3. arch
   a melodic line that rises first and then descends to a cadence. Related terms: ascending, descending.
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4. ARCH
   Is Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity. It is a time series approach that models volatility as function of previous returns.
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5. arch
   [adj] - (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension 2. [n] - a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening 3. [n] - a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially arches of the feet) 4. [n] - a passageway under an arch 5. [n] - (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it 6. [v] - form an arch
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6. Arch
   a curved structure, normally in the vertical plane, that spans an opening
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7. Arch
   a curvature; both the maxillary and mandibular ridge form a horseshoe shaped arch.
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8. Arch
   A curved structural member that spans an opening and is generally composed of wedge-shaped blocks that transmit the downward pressure out laterally.The top of an arch is called the extrados or back.The underside of an arch is called the intrados or soffit. See also: Corbel, Diaphram Arch.
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9. arch
   In masonry, a curved structure that supports the weight of material over an open space, as in a bridge or doorway. The first arches consisted of several wedge-shaped stones supported by their...
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10. arch
    It was from the Etruscans the Roman learnt their famed ability in engineering and architecture. Most significantly it was from the Etruscans that they learnt to use the arch to bridge space, as it was a feature not used by the Greeks. An arch was a structural form in a building that spans openings by arranging wedge-shaped blocks (voussoirs), such …
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11. Arch
    Principal load carrying member curved in elevation. Resistance to applied loading, developed by axial thrust and bending. (Two pinned, three pinned, fixed.)
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12. arch
    (Learning Modules / Mathematics / Bridges) A span that consists of an upwardly curved beam. The forces from the centre are distributed outwards. There are many types of arch, including Corbelled, Roman, Gothic, Arabic, Elliptic etc.
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13. ARCH
    Action for the rights of the Child, a campaigning organisation for children's rights which has sympathies with the home education movement but is not itself a home education organisation. here
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14. Arch
    An opening whose centre is higher than its sides. It may be a construction of stone voussoirs arranged to support each other and the weight of a wall above.
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15. arch
    the roof of the heating chamber Category: Iron and steel industries • curved strutural member spanning an opening and serving as a support for other equipment Category: Transport • a tranverge arch consisting of the metatarsals and first row of tarsals and resulting from elevation of the central anterior portion of the median longitudinal arch. Category: Medicine &bu…
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16. ARCH
    Action for the rights of the Child, a campaigning organisation for children's rights which has sympathies with the home education movement but is not itself a home education organisation. here
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17. Arch
    A curved structural member capable of supporting vertical loads across an opening and transferring these loads to piers or abutments.
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18. Arch
    a structure usually of wedge-shaped blocks, constructed to span an opening or void in such a way that the downward thrust of the weight above, is converted to an outward movement which is resisted by any suitable means, usually a solid mass of masonry. The individual wedge- shaped blocks are...
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19. Arch
    An arch is a curved structure spanning an opening. In a round arch the structure is semi-circular, and in a pointed arch the sides are less tightly curved, and meet at the top of the arch in a point. These are the most commonly-encountered forms of arch in church buildings. In a masonry or brick arch the stones forming it are usually wedge-shaped, …
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20. Arch
    A curved structural member that spans an opening or recess and supports the weight of the structure above it. It is usually of a masonry construction, and used as a doorway, window, or a portal. Freestanding monumental arches have been built simply for symbolic purposes. A masonry arch has a keystone surmounting and holding in place several wedge-s …
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21. Arch
    Arch noun [ French arche , from Late Latin arca , for arcus . See Arc .] 1. (Geom.) Any part of a curved line. 2. (Architecture) (a) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an open …
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22. Arch
    Arch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Arched ; present participle & verbal noun Arching .] 1. To cover with an arch or arches. 2. To form or bend into the shape of an arch. « The horse arched his neck. Charlesworth. »
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23. Arch
    Arch intransitive verb To form into an arch; to curve.
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24. Arch
    Arch (ärch) adjective [ See Arch- , prefix ] 1. Chief; eminent; greatest; principal. « The most arch act of piteous massacre. Shak. » 2. Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad. « [ He] spoke his request with so arch a leer. Tatler. »
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25. Arch
    Arch noun [ See Arch- , pref .] A chief. [ Obsolete] « My worthy arch and patron comes to-night. Shak. »
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