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squinches's Usage Examples:

rests on an octagonal base, supported by four large and eight smaller squinches and containing two windows, to the east and to the west.

chamber is achieved through a series of superimposed niches acting as squinches and giving the vague impression of stalactite-like forms.

different historical eras can be distinguished by their transition tiers: the squinches, spandrels, or brackets that transition from the supporting structures.

Dennett argues that alternatives to pendentives, such as corbels or squinches, would have served equally well from an architectural standpoint, but.

A dome can rest directly upon a rotunda wall, a drum, or a system of squinches or pendentives used to accommodate the transition in shape from a rectangular.

used to transition from the corners of the room to the dome, rather than squinches.

typically applied to the undersides of domes, pendentives, cornices, squinches, arches and vaults and is often seen in the mihrab of a mosque.

The wall surfaces fan out at the top above the squinches and join together.

At each corner, the mausoleum"s builders employed squinches, an architectural solution to the problem of supporting the circular-plan.

the pendentive"s development, builders used the device of corbelling or squinches in the corners of a room.

Prior to the pendentive"s development, builders used the device of corbelling or squinches in the corners of a room.

The transition to the dome is achieved with four squinches over an octagonal drum pierced with four arched windows.

twelve) or towers in the corners and the centre, ornamented with beautiful squinches in different chambers and walls (pictures in the gallery).

Synonyms:

arch, trumpet arch,

Antonyms:

rise, recede, ascend,