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  2. Arris - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the term arris is from the Latin arista, meaning the beard or the ear of grain or the bone of a fish. See also arête. An arris rail is a structural element, whose cross section is a 45 degree isosceles right angled triangle. Arris rails are usually made of wood, and are manufactured by cutting a length of square-section timber ...

  3. Fluting (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    If the scoops taken out of the material meet in a sharp ridge, the ridge is called an arris. If the raised ridge between two flutes appears flat, the ridge is a fillet . [ 1 ] Fluted columns are common in the tradition of classical architecture but were not invented by the ancient Greeks, but rather passed down or learned from the Mycenaeans or ...

  4. Arris International - Wikipedia

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    Arris International Limited (styled as ARRIS) is an American telecommunications equipment company engaged in data, video and telephony systems for homes and businesses. [1] On April 4, 2019, Arris was acquired by network infrastructure provider CommScope .

  5. Groin vault - Wikipedia

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    A groin vault (with pointed Gothic profile) viewed from the underside, showing the arris or 'groin'. Plan of the vault from above showing resultant outward thrust. The construction of a groin vault can be understood most simply by visualising two barrel vault sections at right angles merging to form a squarish unit.

  6. Eris (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Eris (Ancient Greek: Ἔρις, romanized: Eris, lit. 'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad (where she is the "sister" of Ares the god of war).

  7. Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini Dictionary definition entries. A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for logographic languages), which may include information on definitions ...

  8. Doctors Say This Nighttime Behavior Can Be A Sign Of Dementia

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    Again, showing symptoms of sundowning doesn’t automatically mean that your loved one has dementia—but it is something to get checked out. “As soon as you suspect sundowning changes in your ...

  9. Jamb - Wikipedia

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    Small shafts to doors and windows with caps and bases are called jamb-shafts; when in the inside arris of the jamb of a window, they are sometimes called scoinsons. [2] A doorjamb, door jamb, or sometimes doorpost is the vertical portion of the door frame onto which a door is secured. [3]