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Definition of Springing line of an arch

Springing line of an arch
Springing Spring"ing, n. 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, springs. 2. Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant. Thou blessest the springing thereof. --Ps. lxv. 10. Springing line of an arch (Arch.), the horizontal line drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the impost with the curve of the intrados; -- called also spring of an arch.

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- the springing level. A portion of the arch between the springing level and the crown (centered around the 45° angle) is called a haunch. If the arch resides...
- the arch. A two-hinged arch has a hinge at the base of each arch (the springing point), while a three-hinged arch has a third hinge at the crown of the...
- the arch. The horseshoe arch can be though of as variant of the stilted arch, with the masonry below the springing line going beyond the vertical line inwards...
- A skew arch (also known as an oblique arch) is a method of construction that enables an arch bridge to span an obstacle at some angle other than a right...
- emplo**** to describe the section of interior wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line. A system of intersecting vaults produces lunettes...
- An arch dam is a concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan. The arch dam is designed so that the force of the water against it, known as hydrostatic...
- Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carc****, Armageddon...
- architecture, a semicircular arch is an arch with an intrados (inner surface) shaped like a semicircle. This type of arch was adopted and very widely used...
- horizontal line of its diameter, so that the opening at the bottom of the arch is narrower than the arch's full span. Evidence for the earliest uses of this...
- list of arched structures known in architecture as vaults. Annular vault – A Barrel vault springing from two concentric walls. Barrel vault – An architecture...