The pavement of the terrace, which consists of a double bed of large bricks, rests upon the extrados of the upper channel.
The openings left at the summits of the other courses must have been filled in in some way, and, in fact, the line of voids which ran along the top of the extrados was filled in with brick earth, beaten tight and forming the best of keys.
The form of the mound may be described as reproducing the extrados of a depressed arch.
The stability of such structures depends on the position of the line of pressure relatively to the intrados and extrados of the arch ring.
The stability of such structures depends on the position of the line of pressure in relation to the extrados and intrados of the arch ring.
In that of an arch with extrados in the form of coping, and with or without additional weight.
In laying the brick in the arch, the five courses of the ring were carried up as high as the void between the extrados and the rock would permit and still leave a working space in which to place the water-proofing.
Hooke both investigated the form of the extrados from the nature of the curve, and this theory has been made the foundation of a very interesting system of designing arches.
This last chevet is also important as showing a tendency to do away with the flat wall forming the lower portion of each panel and starting the outward curve of the masonry directly from the extrados of the ribs.
Tomlinson, can you tell me what the extrados of a voussoir is?
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The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "extrados" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
