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2. Splayed opening - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, a splayed opening is a wall opening that is narrower on one side of the wall and wider on another. When used for a splayed window , it allows more light to enter the room. In fortifications, a splayed opening is used to broaden the arc of fire (cf. embrasure , loophole ).

3. List of PDF software - Wikipedia

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   As with Adobe Acrobat, Nitro PDF Pro's reader is free; but unlike Adobe's free reader, Nitro's free reader allows PDF creation (via a virtual printer driver, or by specifying a filename in the reader's interface, or by drag-'n-drop of a file to Nitro PDF Reader's Windows desktop icon); Ghostscript not needed. PagePlus: Proprietary: No

4. Coping (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   A splayed or wedge coping is one that slopes in a single direction; a saddle coping slopes to either side of a central high point. [ 2 ] Coping may be made of stone (capstone), brick , clay or terracotta , concrete or cast stone , tile , slate , wood, thatch , or various metals, including aluminum , copper , stainless steel , steel , and zinc ...

5. Embrasure - Wikipedia

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   An embrasure (or crenel or crenelle; sometimes called gunhole in the domain of gunpowder-era architecture) is the opening in a battlement between two raised solid portions . Alternatively, an embrasure can be a space hollowed out throughout the thickness of a wall by the establishment of a bay. This term designates the internal part of this ...

6. Coping (joinery) - Wikipedia

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   Coping or scribing is the woodworking technique of shaping the end of a moulding or frame component to neatly fit the contours of an abutting member. Joining tubular members in metalworking is also referred to as a cope, or sometimes a "fish mouth joint" or saddle joint .

7. Splay - Wikipedia

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   In architecture splayed opening, an opening in the wall that broadens on one side; chamfer, a beveled edge connecting two surfaces; talus (fortification), a sloping face at the base of a fortified wall; Splay (plastics), off-colored streaking that occurs in injection molded plastics; Splay tree, a type of search tree; Splay fault, geology

8. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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   In ecclesial architecture, it is also used of the area between the baluster of a Catholic church and the high altar (what is usually called the sanctuary or chancel). Peristyle A continuous porch of columns surrounding a courtyard or garden (see also Peristasis). In ecclesial architecture, the term cloister is used. Phiale

9. Archi (software) - Wikipedia

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   Archi is a free and open-source visual-modelling and design tool for creating ArchiMate models and modelling sketches.. Archi was initially funded between 2010 and 2012 by Jisc as part of a national project aimed at supporting a programme of Enterprise Architecture in the UK higher education sector.