enjutas

English translation: pendentives, spandrels. (Coll.) haunches

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Spanish term or phrase:enjutas
English translation:pendentives, spandrels. (Coll.) haunches
Entered by: Parrot

20:10 Jun 29, 2003
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture / architecture
Spanish term or phrase: enjutas
se trata de las enjutas de un arco
Aida González del Álamo
Spain
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haunches
Explanation:
I thik these are haunches...check the definition to make sure!

Haunches of an Arch, House plans, other architectural terms ...
... Compare Quotes from Hundreds of Lenders Haunches of an Arch. In architecture
the haunches of an arch are the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. ...
www.homeplaninfo.com/building-definitions/ h/haunchesofanarch.asp - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Arches and Vaults
... weakness. The lateral thrust is strongest at the haunches of the arch
( the part midways between the crown and the springing). The ...
employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/ arth/arth109/arch_vaults.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

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Katherine Matles
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5pendentives
Parrot
5spandrels
Mile13
4tympanum
Peter Bagney
3haunches
Katherine Matles


  

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haunches


Explanation:
I thik these are haunches...check the definition to make sure!

Haunches of an Arch, House plans, other architectural terms ...
... Compare Quotes from Hundreds of Lenders Haunches of an Arch. In architecture
the haunches of an arch are the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. ...
www.homeplaninfo.com/building-definitions/ h/haunchesofanarch.asp - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Arches and Vaults
... weakness. The lateral thrust is strongest at the haunches of the arch
( the part midways between the crown and the springing). The ...
employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/ arth/arth109/arch_vaults.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages



Katherine Matles
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tympanum


Explanation:
ENJUTA: Espacio que queda entre el arco y el dintel

If the space between the arch and the lintel is filled in, the resulting flat
surface is the tympanum

Peter Bagney
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pendentives


Explanation:
Here's the Spanish definition:
"Enjuta: Pechina, cada uno de los cuatro triángulos curvilíneos que forman el anillo de la cúpula con los arcos torales sobre los que estriba."

For "pechina" (arq.), Beigbeder's Politécnico gives pendentive.

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Note added at 4 hrs 42 mins (2003-06-30 00:52:53 GMT)
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PS: The tympanum refers to the inner space.


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Parrot
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spandrels


Explanation:
spandrel: the roughly triangular wall space between two adjacent arches. Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture.

The space between two arches and a horizontal molding or cornice above them. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.


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