stereotomy
Americannoun
noun
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- stereotomic adjective
- stereotomical adjective
- stereotomist noun
Etymology
Origin of stereotomy
Example Sentences
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The song was produced by prog rock legend Alan Parsons, and Miles later provided guest vocals on several Alan Parsons Project albums, including Pyramid, Stereotomy and Gaudi.
From BBC
Stereotomy, ster-ē-ot′ō-mi, n. the art of cutting solids into figures by certain sections.—adjs.
From Project Gutenberg
Davis, '68e, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, who became Professor of Geodesy and Surveying in 1891, and Charles S. Denison, Vermont, '70, who was to be in later years Professor of Stereotomy, Mechanism, and Drawing.
From Project Gutenberg
It consisted in a division of the cube, or, as he called it, the stereotomy of the cube.
From Project Gutenberg
In the third year the course is extended to the theory of decoration, color, form, and proportion; conventionalism, symbolism, the decorative arts, stained glass, fresco painting, tiles, terra-cotta, original designs, specifications, integral calculus, strength of materials, dynamics, bridges and roofs, stereotomy.
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