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Definition of architecture
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of architecture is as below...
Architecture
(n.) The art or
science
of
building;
especially,
the art of
building
houses,
churches,
bridges,
and other
structures,
for the
purposes
of civil life; -- often
called
civil
architecture..
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Ionic
::
Ionic (a.)
Pertaining
to the Ionic order of
architecture,
one of the three
orders
invented
by the
Greeks,
and one of the five
recognized
by the
Italian
writers
of the
sixteenth
century.
Its
distinguishing
feature
is a
capital
with
spiral
volutes.
See
Illust.
of
Capital..
Barbaresque
::
Barbaresque
(a.)
Barbaric
in form or
style;
as,
barbaresque
architecture..
Flute
::
Flute (v. i.) A
channel
of
curved
section;
--
usually
applied
to one of a
vertical
series
of such
channels
used to
decorate
columns
and
pilasters
in
classical
architecture.
See
Illust.
under Base, n..
Doric
::
Doric (a.)
Belonging
to, or
resembling,
the
oldest
and
simplest
of the three
orders
of
architecture
used by the
Greeks,
but
ranked
as
second
of the five
orders
adopted
by the
Romans.
See
Abacus,
Capital,
Order..
Architectonics
::
Architectonics
(n.) The
science
of
architecture.
Foliage
::
Foliage
(n.) A
cluster
of
leaves,
flowers,
and
branches;
especially,
the
representation
of
leaves,
flowers,
and
branches,
in
architecture,
intended
to
ornament
and
enrich
capitals,
friezes,
pediments,
etc..
Pediment
::
Pediment
(n.)
Originally,
in
classical
architecture,
the
triangular
space
forming
the gable of a
simple
roof;
hence,
a
similar
form used as a
decoration
over
porticoes,
doors,
windows,
etc.; also, a
rounded
or
broken
frontal
having
a
similar
position
and use. See
Temple..
Greco-roman
::
Greco-Roman
(a.)
Having
characteristics
that are
partly
Greek and
partly
Roman;
as,
Greco-Roman
architecture..
Band
::
Band (v. t.) In
Gothic
architecture,
the
molding,
or suite of
moldings,
which
encircles
the
pillars
and small
shafts..
Alhambresque
::
Alhambresque
(a.) Made or
decorated
after the
fanciful
style of the
ornamentation
in the
Alhambra,
which
affords
an
unusually
fine
exhibition
of
Saracenic
or
Arabesque
architecture..
Corinthian
::
Corinthian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
Corinthian
order of
architecture,
invented
by the
Greeks,
but more
commonly
used by the
Romans..
Label
::
Label (n.) The name now
generally
given to the
projecting
molding
by the
sides,
and over the tops, of
openings
in
mediaeval
architecture.
It
always
has a
/quare
form, as in the
illustration..
Portico
::
Portico
(n.) A
colonnade
or
covered
ambulatory,
especially
in
classical
styles
of
architecture;
usually,
a
colonnade
at the
entrance
of a
building..
Foil
::
Foil (n.) The space
between
the cusps in
Gothic
architecture;
a
rounded
or
leaflike
ornament,
in
windows,
niches,
etc. A group of foils is
called
trefoil,
quatrefoil,
quinquefoil,
etc.,
according
to the
number
of arcs of which it is
composed..
Palladian
::
Palladian
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
designating,
a
variety
of the
revived
classic
style of
architecture,
founded
on the works of
Andrea
Palladio,
an
Italian
architect
of the 16th
century..
Saracenical
::
Saracenical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
Saracens;
as,
Saracenic
architecture..
Palmette
::
Palmette
(n.) A
floral
ornament,
common
in Greek and other
ancient
architecture;
-- often
called
the
honeysuckle
ornament..
Mediaeval
::
Mediaeval
(a.) Of or
relating
to the
Middle
Ages; as,
mediaeval
architecture..
Finial
::
Finial
(n.) The knot or bunch of
foliage,
or
foliated
ornament,
that forms the upper
extremity
of a
pinnacle
in
Gothic
architecture;
sometimes,
the
pinnacle
itself..
Order
::
Order (n.) The
disposition
of a
column
and its
component
parts,
and of the
entablature
resting
upon it, in
classical
architecture;
hence (as the
column
and
entablature
are the
characteristic
features
of
classical
architecture)
a style or
manner
of
architectural
designing..
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