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transverse arch
noun
, Architecture.
- a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.
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The transverse arch at the transepts rather takes from the perspective, and might with advantage have been less depressed.
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The crown of each vault section is ten feet higher than the framing arches—wall arch and transverse arch.
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Each individual ring elliptical or oblong, with one transverse arch in the shorter axis, which bisects it into two meshes.
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Each individual ring elliptical or oblong, with one transverse arch in the shorter axis, forming two meshes.
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Each individual ring square or rhomboid, with one transverse arch in the shorter axis, forming two meshes.
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