1) French word used in English 2) Space above an arch 3) Spandril 4) Surface
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1) Spandril
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in a building fascade, esp. glass, the section covering floor partions.
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design in corner of postage stamp
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space between curve of an arch and mouldings
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• (n.) A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture. • (n.) The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.
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The corner space between an arch or circle and a rectangle. Originally an architectural term for the space between one arch and the next in arcading, it is used in the context of carpet and textile patterns. On a clock dial, spandrels refer to the ornamentation in the four corner spaces between the chapter ring and the dial plate. See box above.
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the roughly triangular area above and on either side of an arch, bounded by a line running horizontally through the apex of the arch, a line rising ...
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Area between top of a column or pier and the apex of the arch springing from it.
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Area between top of a column or pier and the apex of the arch springing from it.
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the broadly triangular space between the shoulders of an arch and its rectanglular moulding above and at the sides
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The panels of a wall located between vision areas of windows, which conceal structural columns, floors, and shear walls.
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The area overlying the arch barrel under the road surface (or equivalent), occupied by fill material or voids, or occasionally hidden elements such as internal spandrel walls.
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The roughly triangular space between arches, or between an arch, its abutment, and a built edge above. Related Words: Abutment; Arch
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1. A panel between the top of one window and the sill of another window on the story directly above it. 2. An irregular, triangular wall segment adjacent to an arched opening.
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1. A panel between the top of one window and the sill of another window on the story directly above it. 2. An irregular, triangular wall segment adjacent to an arched opening.
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The corner space between an arch or circle and a rectangle. Originally an architectural term for the space between one arch and the next in arcading, it is used in the context of carpet and textile patterns. On a clock dial, spandrels refer to the ornamentation in the four corner spaces between the chapter ring and the dial plate. See box above.
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Span'drel noun [ From
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1. (Architecture) The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.
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The roughly triangular wall space between two adjacent arches.
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In architecture a spandrel is the triangular spaces included between the arch of a doorway, etc, and a rectangle formed by the outer mouldings over it. The term is also applied to other similar spaces included between arches, etc, and straight-sided figures surrounding them. They are usually ornamented with tracery, foliage, shields, or other enric...
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A flat vertical face in an arcade bounded by the adjacent curves of two arches and the horizontal tangent of their crowns. Or, the vertical face on buildings supported by a skeleton structure between the sill of one window and the top (or lintel) of the window next below.
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In architecture, this is the roughly triangular space that is enclosed by the curves of adjacent arches and a horizontal member running between their apexes. It is also the name for the space enclosed by the curve of an arch and an enclosing right angle.
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the almost triangular space between one side of the outer curve of an arch, a wall, and the ceiling or framework. Spandrel Wall: a wall built on the curve of an arch, filling in the spandrel.
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spandril noun an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them
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An area between two adjoining arches, often decorated.
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