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1Vault (architecture) — A Vault (French. voute, Italian. volta, German. Gewölbe, Polish. sklepienie , Spanish. bóveda ) is an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof. url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article… …
2Pole vault — Pole vaulting is an athletic field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as… …
3screw vault — noun : a vault in gymnastics in which the body is raised sideward to clear the apparatus while making a 3/4turn in the opposite direction around its long axis …
4barrel vault — noun a) A simple roof having a curved, often semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations, churches, etc. Usually supported on columns. b) A building profile featuring a rounded profile to the roof on the short… …
5Dark Nemesis — Publication information Publisher DC Comics First appearance Teen Titans #7 (April, 1997) Created by Dan Jurgens …
6Solar thermal energy — Solar thermal system for water heating in Santorini, Greece …
7Wewelsburg — For the village of Wewelsburg see Village of Wewelsburg Wewelsburg (pronounced|ˈveːvəlsˌbʊɐ̯k) is a Renaissance castle located in the northeast of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, in the village of Wewelsburg (the same name as the castle) which… …
8Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …
9Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
10architecture — /ahr ki tek cheuhr/, n. 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of… …
