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DIMINISHED ARCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diminished arch mean?
• DIMINISHED ARCH (noun)
The noun DIMINISHED ARCH has 1 sense:
1. an arch whose height is less than half its width
Familiarity information: DIMINISHED ARCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arch whose height is less than half its width
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
diminished arch; scheme arch; skeen arch; skene arch
Hypernyms ("diminished arch" is a kind of...):
arch ((architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it)
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