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• necking — noun Architecture a short plain concave section between the capital and the shaft of a classical Doric or Tuscan column …   English new terms dictionary

• Classical order — An illustration of the five orders engraved for the Encyclopédie, vol. 18, showing the Tuscan and Doric orders (top row); two versions of the Ionic order (center row); Corinthian and Composite orders (bottom row). A classical order is one of the… …   Wikipedia

• South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …   Universalium

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• Rebar — This article is about reinforcing bar. For the company, see Rebar (Taiwan). For the art group, see Rebar art and design studio. A tied rebar beam cage. This will be embedded inside cast concrete to increase the tensile strength of the concrete. A …   Wikipedia

• order — orderable, adj. orderer, n. orderless, adj. /awr deuhr/, n. 1. an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate. 2. a command of a court or judge. 3. a command or notice issued by a military organization or a military commander to… …   Universalium

• Doric order — The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. Contents 1 History 2 Examples 3 See also …   Wikipedia

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• Columbia River Basalt Group — The Columbia River Basalt Group (including the Steen and Picture Gorge basalts) extends over portions of five states. The Columbia River Basalt Group is a large igneous province that lies across parts of the Western United States . It is found in …   Wikipedia

• Doric — /dawr ik, dor /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Doris, its inhabitants, or their dialect. 2. rustic, as a dialect. 3. Archit. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders, developed in Greece and altered by the Romans. The Greek Doric… …   Universalium

• scamillus — /skeuh mil euhs/, n. Archit. 1. a slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column. 2. a plain stone beneath the plinth of a column. [ < L, dim. of scamnum stool, bench] * * * …   Universalium