polygonal structure. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This style of masonry is called polygonal and is to be carefully distinguished from Cyclopean, as above defined. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Greek Art] Reference
The towers themselves must be either round or polygonal. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
To fold a polygonal surface you can only hinge it along three lines. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
It stands on an exquisite Ionian capital, in front of the polygonal wall. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Forms for polygonal columns are difficult to construct in convenient units. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
When hooped reinforcement is used, the column section is always circular or polygonal. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
They have polygonal plinths, and their capitals are adorned with rather ill-cut foliage. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
The section of the annular sunbeam whose direct rays act upon the polygonal reflector is. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884] Reference
Microbial controls on methane fluxes from a polygonal tundra of the Lena Delta, Siberia. From Wordnik.com. [Effects of climate change on landscape and regional processes and feedbacks to the climate system in the Arctic] Reference
Parts were made from enormous polygonal blocks which seemed to be the handiwork of giants. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Much like Gradius , you drift inexorably rightward, ever beset by blocky, polygonal enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Go Ahead, Punk, Make Your Game] Reference
It reminded me of an afghan made by a great aunt; polygonal cells formed a honeycomb pattern. From Wordnik.com. [The Body of a Cow] Reference
Characteristic type of polygonal wall, each irregular stone very carefully fitted to its neighbours. From Wordnik.com. [How to Observe in Archaeology] Reference
The pavement, of black and white marbles, radiates from the center of the sides of this polygonal structure, and. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
Spanish-Romanesque in style and flanked at each end by a curved arcade connecting it with two polygonal pavilions. From Wordnik.com. [By Water to the Columbian Exposition] Reference
In spite of this, it is very tempting to put the hypothesis that this polygonal room functioned as a baptisterium. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Urban Mansion Report 2] Reference
One tower of the Hellenistic (or earlier) defense system, made of polygonal blocks, is also situated in this area. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 17: Suburban] Reference
In spans over 200 ft. it is economical to have one horizontal boom and one polygonal (approximately parabolic) boom. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
View of the two polygonal rooms behind one another (upper level); in front: the two new rooms LI (left) and LIV (left). From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Urban Mansion Report 3] Reference
However, by removing the second erosion layer the apse turned out to be part of a polygonal room, either hexagonal or octagonal!. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Urban Mansion Report 2] Reference
How easy for him to enter a shop with his polygonal front foremost, and to order goods to any extent from a confiding tradesman!. From Wordnik.com. [Flatland: a romance of many dimensions] Reference
The longer one stretched double, over and under my great polygonal table top so it lay on my shoulders like a set of clumsy wings. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
North of the Nelson River, beaches are more subdued and the terrain is dominated by fens, polygonal peat plateaus, and peat plateaus. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Hudson Bay taiga] Reference
Its central structure was 72 feet square with extraordinarily thick (about 11 feet) walls of carefully fitted polygonal stone blocks. From Wordnik.com. [Insight: Rethinking the "Halls of Hades"] Reference
I laid the inverted polygonal disc on the floor and glued the little blocks across the linen hinges, which had now served their purpose. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
This corridor leads from polygonal Room IL in an eastern direction and bends at the northeast corner of apsidal Room L towards the South. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Urban Mansion Report 3] Reference
So, in total silence, I completed the table margin with rotten modern adhesives and stood the polygonal top on its facade of drawers to set firm. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
A class of fifteen or twenty students were then asked to find out how a semi-circular or polygonal apse could be added to a choir roofed on this system. From Wordnik.com. [The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 11, November, 1895 The Country Houses of Normandy] Reference
This type has rectangular surfaces, and is to be distinguished from the kapulan, a type marked by its circular, or elliptical, or polygonal top and base. From Wordnik.com. [Philippine Folk-Tales] Reference
The same system can be used to cover triangular, square or other polygonal structures, without the need for supports other than at the periphery of the roof. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
The drawer fronts had come fitted easily between the undersurface of the cafeteria table's top and the folded polygonal section, being only veneered three-ply. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
Marine or aquatic algae consisting of membranous, flat, and expanded tubular or saccate fronds composed of polygonal cells firmly joined together by their sides. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
~ -- Forms for polygonal columns require more lumber and more carpenter work and are less susceptible of ready arrangement into units than forms for rectangular columns. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
~ -- In a number of foundations Mr. Frank B. Gilbreth has used a polygonal pile, either octagonal or hexagonal, with the sides corrugated or fluted as indicated in Fig. 61. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
They present many forms; they are circular and pyramidal, square and polygonal, and in some places are manifestly imitations of the shapes of beasts, birds, and human beings. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation in a Nutshell] Reference
The vaulting-shafts resemble those in the Decorated bays, but their corbels are polygonal and have the sides slightly hollowed, and the abacus of the capital is a half-lozenge. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
But in 1859, when the great entrenched camp at Antwerp was finally taken in hand, he had already gone over to the school of polygonal fortification and the ideas of Montalembert. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
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