HyperDic: diminished_arch

English > 1 sense of the expression diminished arch:
NOUNartifactdiminished arch, skeen arch, skene arch, scheme archan arch whose height is less than half its width
English > diminished arch: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn arch whose height is less than half its width.
Synonymsskeen arch, skene arch, scheme arch
Broaderarch(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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