extrados

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English

Detail of the skew arch bridge at Boxmoor, showing the stepped extrados (outer curve of the arch)

Etymology

From French extradossé (“outer curve”) from Latin extra (“outside”) + dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum).

Noun

extrados (plural extradoses or extrados)

  1. (architecture) The outer or upper curve of an arch.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French extrados.

Noun

extrados n (plural extradosuri)

  1. extrados

Declension

Declension of extrados
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) extrados extradosul (niște) extradosuri extradosurile
genitive/dative (unui) extrados extradosului (unor) extradosuri extradosurilor
vocative extradosule extradosurilor
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