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Look up: embrasure


  1. embrasure
    Type: Term Pronunciation: em-brā′shūr Definitions: 1. In dentistry, an opening that widens outwardly or inwardly; specifically, that space adjacent to the interproximal contact area that spreads toward the facial, gingival, lingual, occlusal, or incisal aspect.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=28529

  2. Embrasure
    The low segment of the altering high and low segments of a battlement.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018

  3. Embrasure
    the space between merlons on a battlemented wall, also known as a crenel
    Found op http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.php

  4. Embrasure
    the space between two teeth created by the sloping away of the mesial and distal surfaces.
    Found op http://www.cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/glossary.html

  5. Embrasure
    A splayed opening in a wall that enframes a doorway or a window.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/e/m/embrasure/source.html

  6. Embrasure
    This is the hole in the wall through which an observer looks. It should enable the man to see his arc without moving his head much, in other words, the V shape taking up the thickness of the wall should be on the outer face, not inside. Where the wall is thinner, it should be reinforced with a steel...
    Found op http://www.defence-structures.com/glossary.htm

  7. Embrasure
    The gaps existing between neighbouring teeth.
    Found op http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf

  8. Embrasure
    a small opening in a wall or parapet, usually with splayed reveals which allows guns to be fired from cover. See fortification.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  9. Embrasure
    Em·bra'sure noun [ See Embrace .] An embrace. [ Obsolete] 'Our locked embrasures .' Shak.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/27



  1. Embrasure
    Em·bra'sure -277 noun [ French, from embraser , perhaps equiv. to ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.] 1. (Architecture) A splay of a door or window. « Apart, in t
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/27

  2. embrasure
    1. A splay of a door or window. 'Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers.' (Longfellow) ... 2. An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. ... Origin: F, fr. Embraser, perh. Equiv. To ebraser to widen an...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?embrasure

  3. embrasure
    (em-bra´zhәr) a space continuous with an interproximal space, produced by curvatures of teeth in contact in the same arch; it provides a passage through which food escapes from the occlusal surfaces during mastication.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  4. Embrasure
    • (n.) A splay of a door or window. • (n.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate. • (n.) An embrace.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/embrasure/

  5. Embrasure
    Embrasures are the spaces or openings between two merlons (solid portions) of a battlement, and openings in walls through which guns and cannons may be fired. Embrasures open wider on the defender's side to allow a wider field of fire, and to the attacker present a narrow opening. The classic castle...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/FE.HTM

  6. Embrasure
    [dentistry] In dentistry, embrasures are a V-shaped flare surrounding the proximal contact areas of a tooth. The contact areas are relative to the that widen out from the point where two teeth in the same arch come into contact. It extends towards the cheek or lips (referred to as buccal or ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrasure_(dentistry)

  7. Embrasure
    In architecture, an embrasure is a splayed opening, wider at the outside than the inside. such as of a door or window or the gap between merlons in a battlement, through which defenders may fire.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TE.HTM

  8. Embrasure
    In military architecture, an embrasure is the opening in a crenellation or battlement between the two raised solid portions or merlons, sometimes called a crenel or crenelle. In domestic architecture this refers to the outward splay of a window or arrow slit on the inside. A loophole, arrow loop or...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrasure

  9. Embrasure
    Opening in defensive wall to fire cannons through.
    Found op http://www.napoleonguide.com/glossary.htm

  10. embrasure
    1) Opening 2) Port 3) Porthole
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/embrasure/1

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