| architectural accessibility | Designs for approaching areas inside or outside facilities. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| architectural drawings | Drawings of architecture and architectural projects, whether the project was executed or not. (12 Dec 1998) |
| architecture | 1. The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; often called civil architecture. "Many other architectures besides Gothic." (Ruskin) 3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship. "The architecture of grasses, plants, and trees." (Tyndall) "The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture." (Burnet) Military architecture, the art of fortifications. Naval architecture, the art of building ships. Origin: L. Architectura, fr. Architectus: cf. F. Architecture. See Architect. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| architeuthis | <zoology> A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found especially. In the North Atlantic and about New Zealand. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Pref. +, a kind of squid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| architrave | The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, especially. In classical architecture. See Column. The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form. Origin: F. Architrave, fr. It. Architrave; pref. Archi- + trave beam, L. Trabs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |