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transverse arch

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noun

Architecture.
  1. a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.


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The fields of evolutionary biology, sports science and medicine have largely neglected the transverse arch when trying to explain the managements of loads applied to the foot.

From Nature • Feb. 25, 2020

Perhaps those with flat feet have less curvature of their transverse arch and thus potentially reduced stiffness in their feet compared with those whose feet are less flat.

From Nature • Feb. 25, 2020

Venkadesan et al. report that the transverse arch of A. afarensis was less curved than that of a human foot and thus, according to their model, probably less stiff.

From Nature • Feb. 25, 2020

Venkadesan et al.1 report that another foot arch — the transverse arch, which is in the vicinity of the metatarsal bones — makes a major contribution to foot stiffness.

From Nature • Feb. 25, 2020

On the soffit of the transverse arch, between the first and second bays.—To the east, S. Andronicus; to the west, S. Tarachus.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

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