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2. Pedestal - Wikipedia

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   The minimum height of the plinth is usually kept as 45 cm (for buildings) [citation needed]. It transmits loads from superstructure to the substructure and acts as the retaining wall for the filling inside the plinth or raised floor. In sculpting, the terms base, plinth, and pedestal are defined according to their subtle differences.

3. Dado (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   The dado in a pedestal is roughly cubical in shape, and the word in Italian means "dice" or "cube" (ultimately Latin datum, meaning "something given", hence also a die for casting lots). [ 2 ] [ 4 ] By extension, the dado becomes the lower part of a wall when the pedestal is treated as being continuous along the wall, with the cornice becoming ...

4. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Most tables are composed of a flat surface and one or more supports (legs). A table with a single, central foot is a pedestal table. Long tables often have extra legs for support. Dinner table and chairs. Table tops can be in virtually any shape, although rectangular, square, round (e.g. the round table), and oval tops are the

5. Trestle table - Wikipedia

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   American trestle table, 18th century Trestle table at the Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia Trestle tables with free-standing trestles in the c.1955 microbiology lab of Joseph Lister. In woodworking , a trestle table is a table consisting of two or three trestle supports , often linked by a stretcher (longitudinal cross-member), over which ...

6. Pedestal desk - Wikipedia

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   A pedestal desk. A pedestal desk or a tanker desk is usually a large, flat, free-standing desk made of a simple rectangular working surface resting on two pedestals or small cabinets of stacked drawers of one or two sizes, with plinths around the bases. Often, there is also a central large drawer above the legs and knees of the user.

7. Pedestal (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   Pedestal crater; Pedestal desk; Pedestal table, a table with a single central leg; Pedestal toilet for sitting, as opposed to squat toilet for squatting; Camera pedestal, a column with a steerable base used to mount a television camera; Telecommunications pedestal, a ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.