extrados
Americannoun
plural
extrados, extradosesnoun
Etymology
Origin of extrados
1765–75; < French, equivalent to extra- extra- + dos back (< Latin dorsum dorsum
Example Sentences
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The concrete arch was placed in sections, from 25 to 50 ft. in length, with a rather wet mixture and a back form on the steep slope of the extrados.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 by Brace, James H.
The stability of such structures depends on the position of the line of pressure in relation to the extrados and intrados of the arch ring.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
The pavement of the terrace, which consists of a double bed of large bricks, rests upon the extrados of the upper channel.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
"Are you still wondering what the extrados of a voussoir is?"
From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Tracy, Louis
The form of the mound may be described as reproducing the extrados of a depressed arch.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
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