cycloidal arch

English

Noun

cycloidal arch (plural cycloidal arches)

  1. Cycloidal curve, as used in an arch.
    (architecture) An arch that has a cycloidal shape, wherein the span of the arch is some factor of pi*rise.

References
  • Sturgis, Russel. Cycloidal arch, in A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical,... MacMillan Co.:1901.
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