Definition of Spandrels. Meaning of Spandrels. Synonyms of Spandrels

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Definition of Spandrels

Spandrel
Spandrel Span"drel, n. [From Span.] 1. (Arch.) The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them. 2. A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture. [Cant]

Meaning of Spandrels from wikipedia

- called spandrels. They can be made of sawn out wood, ball-and-dowels, and spindles. Wooden ornamental spandrels are known as gingerbread spandrels. If they...
- that the "spandrels" of Basilica di San Marco were not spandrels at all, but rather were pendentives. Gould responded, "The term spandrel may be extended...
- first wholly stone open-spandrel segmental arch bridge, allowing a greater p****age for flood waters. Bridges with perforated spandrels can be found worldwide...
- "The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme", also known as the "Spandrels paper", is a paper...
- (Russian: 9М113 «Конкурс»; English: "Contest"; NATO reporting name AT-5 Spandrel) is a Soviet SACLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile. A development of the...
- typically hovering high in a composition, and often filling spaces in spandrels or other gaps in architecture. These represent the "spirit of victory"...
- clasps a round loaf in her hand. Jesse spandrel, before restoration Jesse spandrel, after restoration. In this spandrel, a young woman who may represent the...
- the process was complete and the corner spandrels of the chapel had been converted into the doubled-spandrel triangular pendentives of the finished design...
- 2013, p. 212. Lewis 2003, p. 314. "The Symbol of Sagittarius on the Tile Spandrels of Qaysariya Gate of Isfahan". 28 December 2020. Archived from the original...
- The Deadly ********in is the third serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in...