Glossary


 * Beam :**

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**Definition of beam ** ** Beam :**   noun A long piece of heavy often squared timber suitable for use in construction e : one of the principal horizontal supporting members (as of a building or ship).
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The building's steel support // beam s// []
 * Examples of beam  **
 * //Source://** Merrian-Webster Dictionary

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 * Bridge:**


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 * Bridge ||

//a// **:** a structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle //b// **:** a time, place, or means of connection or transition.
 * Definition of BRIDGE :**

**Example of BRIDGE :** The Rafael Urdaneta bridge connects Maracaibo with the rest of Venezuela. The Golden Gate is located in San Francisco, USA.

**Source of Information:** Merriam Webster Dictionary []

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 * Building:**


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 * Building ||

**Definition of BUILDING :**
1 : a usually roofed and walled structure built for permanent use (as for a dwelling). �898

**Examples of BUILDING :**

 * 1) My office is in that small brick // building //.
 * 2) We bought the land for // building //.

**Source of Information:**
Merriam Webster Dictionary

** Capital :**
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====|| || || || || ** Dome :** media type="file" key="dome.wav" //Archit:// A large hemispherical roof or ceiling. A natural formation or structure that resembles the dome or cupola of a building. Merriam Webster Dictionary [] || || ||====
 * Definition of DOME **
 * Examples of DOME :**
 * 1) the // dome // of the Capitol building
 * 2) Renaissance cathedrals  havehigh dome s.
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|| ** Gallery :** ||
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==== //**Noun:**// A long covered area, narrow and open at one or both sides, used especially as a walk or corridor. A corridor, especially one having architectural importance through its scale or decorative treatment. ====

|| ** Graphite :** ||
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461�**:** A soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors.�977

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|| ** Nave :** ||
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// a // .  any arrangement of columns with an entablature.
==== b.  any of five such arrangements typical of classical architecture, including the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian order s invented by the Greeks and adapted by the Romans, the Tuscan order, invented by the Romans, and the Composite order , first named during the renaissance. ====

**Definition of PILASTER **
====//Arq:// An upright architectural member that is rectangular in plan and is structurally a pier but architecturally treated as a column and that usually projects a third of its width or less from the wall.====

|| ** Rule :** ||
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**Definition of rule **
==== a **:** a strip of material marked off in units used especially for measuring: [|ruler] 3, [|tape measure]b **:** a metal strip with a type-high face that prints a linear design; also **:** a linear design produced by or as if by such a strip ====

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|| ** Section :** ||
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**Definition of SECTION :**
==== //a// **:** the profile of something as it would appear if cut through by an intersecting plane //b// **:** the plane figure resulting from the cutting of a solid by a plane. ====

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Definition of VAULT **

//Archit//: An arched structure of masonry usually forming a ceiling or roof. b : Something (as the sky) resembling a vault. An arched or dome-shaped anatomical structure. A space covered by an arched structure; especially : an underground passage or room. An underground storage compartment c : a room or compartment for the safekeeping of valuables.

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 * Examples of VAULT **
 * Vault cover the space between two walls or a series of pillars aligned.
 * Concrete vault s are used in civi engineering.