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Forms, structural or decorative, developed originally or primarily as components of architecture, often adapted to other habitable spaces, such as in large vehicles, and often borrowed or imitated for structural or decorative use on other objects.
UF
architectural element
UF
building components
UF
elements, architectural
BT
[components by specific context]
BT
built works
300000885
architectural elements
NT6
300003217
circulation elements
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NT7
ramps
(circulation elements) [
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NT8
wheelchair ramps
NT8
boat launching ramps
NT8
moving ramps
NT8
water stairs
(landscaped-site elements)
NT8
launching ramps
(general inclined planes)
NT7
catwalks
(circulation elements)
NT7
gangways
(circulation elements)
NT7
[stairs and stair components]
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NT8
stairs
(series of steps) [
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NT9
[stairs by form]
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NT9
[stairs by location or context]
[
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NT8
stair components
[
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NT9
apron pieces
(stair components)
NT9
carriage pieces
NT9
flights
(stair components)
NT9
strings
(stair components) [
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]
NT9
subrails
NT9
[steps and step components]
[
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]
NT9
landings
(stair components)
NT9
[newels and newel components]
[
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]
NT9
wreaths
(stair components)
NT8
staircases
NT8
stairways
NT7
esplanades
(fortifications grounds)
NT6
300052369
[openings and opening components]
[
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NT7
openings
(architectural elements) [
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]
NT8
[openings by function]
[
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NT9
entrances
[
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NT9
exits
[
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NT9
vents
(outlets)
NT9
manholes
NT9
intakes
NT9
gunports
NT9
scuppers
NT8
[openings by form]
[
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NT9
French doors
NT9
hatches
(openings) [
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]
NT9
abat-jours
NT9
[doorways and doorway components]
[
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]
NT9
[windows and window components]
[
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]
NT9
[gateways and gateway components]
[
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]
NT9
oculi
(openings)
NT9
portals
NT9
embrasures
(openings)
NT9
wickets
(architectural elements) [
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]
NT9
mortises
NT9
coupures
NT9
jhanjhari
NT9
gāḍha
NT8
[openings by location or context]
[
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NT9
compluvia
NT9
archways
NT9
toplighting openings
[
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]
NT9
bhadravalokana
NT9
nāsīgāḍhas
NT9
gavākṣa
[
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]
NT7
opening components
[
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]
NT8
coaming
NT8
doorway components
[
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]
NT9
doorsills
[
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]
NT9
doorstones
NT9
thresholds
NT9
air curtains
NT9
overdoors
NT9
trumeaux
(doorway components)
NT9
[doors and door components]
[
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]
NT9
door bucks
NT9
[doorframes and doorframe components]
[
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]
NT9
doorcaps
NT9
replumi
NT8
window components
[
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NT9
cames
NT9
meeting rails
NT9
sashes
(window components)
NT9
brise-soleils
NT9
window boxes
NT9
lights
(window components) [
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]
NT9
[window frames and window frame components]
[
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]
NT9
light shelves
NT9
window screens
NT9
window caps
NT9
avalōkanaka
NT8
mullions
NT8
jambs
(opening components) [
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NT9
window jambs
NT8
reveals
NT8
shutters
(opening covers) [
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]
NT9
persiennes
NT9
jalousies
NT9
amado
NT9
interior shutters
[
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NT9
vertical shutters
NT9
double-hung shutters
NT9
roller shutters
NT9
louvered shutters
[
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]
NT9
panel shutters
NT9
accordion shutters
NT9
board-and-batten shutters
NT9
storm shutters
[
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]
NT9
folding shutters
NT9
hatches
(opening covers) [
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]
NT9
organ shutters
NT8
sills
(opening components)
NT8
surrounds
NT8
water bars
(windows or doors)
NT8
[tracery and tracery components]
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NT9
tracery
[
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NT9
tracery components
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NT8
gateway components
[
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NT9
[gates and gate components]
[
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]
NT8
[louvers and louver components]
[
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NT9
louvers
[
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]
NT9
louver components
[
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]
NT8
transoms
(opening components)
NT8
weather strips
NT8
panes
(architectural elements)
NT8
architrave trims
NT8
capstones
(covers)
NT7
[temporary alphabetical list: openings and opening components]
[
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NT8
door & window elements
[
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]
NT9
window elements
NT8
door enframements
NT8
door tracks
NT8
door weights
NT8
garage door openers
NT8
exterior shutters
NT8
pet doors
NT8
screen windows
NT8
window jambs
NT8
window ventilators
NT6
300070176
[culminating and edge ornaments for architectural elements]
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NT7
acroteria
NT7
antefixes
[
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NT8
śukanāsikā
NT7
cheneaux
NT7
pinnacles
(ornaments)
NT7
cusps
NT7
pendants
(architectural ornaments)
NT7
hip knobs
NT7
épis
(ornaments)
NT7
drops
(edge ornaments)
NT7
brattishing
NT7
protomai
[
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NT8
protomai capitals
NT7
kugikakushi
NT7
yaṣṭis
NT7
baldachin crowns
NT7
chiwei
(edge ornaments)
NT7
chiwen
NT7
padmakūṭa
NT7
śikhā
NT7
huāfèi
NT7
jiǎnbiān
NT6
300076657
[heating and cooking architectural elements]
[
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NT7
[chimneys and chimney components]
[
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]
NT8
chimneys
(architectural elements) [
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]
NT9
chimney stacks
NT9
smokestacks
NT8
chimney components
[
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]
NT9
chimney crickets
NT9
chimney throats
NT9
chimney hoods
NT9
chimney pots
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NT9
chimney wings
NT9
chimney bars
NT9
chimney cheeks
NT9
flues
NT9
flue linings
NT9
soot doors
NT9
chimney breasts
NT9
chimney caps
NT7
[fireplaces and fireplace components]
[
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NT8
fireplaces
NT8
fireplace components
[
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NT9
ashpits
NT9
firebacks
NT9
fireplace cheeks
NT9
hobs
(fireplace components)
NT9
mantels
(fireplace components)
NT9
[hearths and hearth components]
[
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]
NT8
firepits
NT6
300078046
[structural elements and components for structural elements]
[
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NT7
structural elements
[
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NT8
structures
(structural elements) [
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NT9
[structures by location or context]
[
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NT9
[structures by property]
[
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NT8
[supporting and resisting elements]
[
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NT9
abutments
NT9
buttresses
[
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NT9
foundations
(structural elements) [
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]
NT9
caissons
(supporting and resisting elements)
NT9
grillages
NT9
masts
[
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]
NT9
pilotis
NT9
pendentives
[
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]
NT9
squinches
NT9
trompes
(vault elements)
NT9
posts
(structural elements) [
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]
NT9
plinths
[
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NT9
braces
(architectural supporting elements) [
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]
NT9
[piers and pier components]
[
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NT9
[columns and column components]
[
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NT9
[pedestals and pedestal components]
[
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]
NT9
socles
[
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NT9
anthropomorphic supporting elements
[
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NT9
shores
(structural elements)
NT9
cribbing
NT9
cololches
NT9
nailing blocks
NT9
stays
(architectural elements)
NT9
bell cages
NT9
pillars
(structural elements) [
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]
NT9
concrete monoliths
NT9
diagrids
NT9
fishplates
(supporting elements)
NT9
postholes
NT9
[temporary alphabetical list: supporting and resisting elements]
[
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]
NT9
cáo
NT9
trestles
(supporting elements)
NT9
pou tokomanawa
NT9
píngshuǐ
NT9
píngzuò
NT8
[spanning and projecting structural elements]
[
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NT9
beams
(structural elements) [
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NT9
cantilevers
NT9
lintels
(spanning elements) [
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NT9
brackets
(structural elements) [
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]
NT9
corbels
[
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NT9
[arches and arch components]
[
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NT9
[entablatures and entablature components]
[
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]
NT9
[trusses and truss components]
[
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]
NT9
decking
NT9
spans
(structural elements)
NT9
pūzuò
NT9
tiǎowò
NT9
shàng'áng
NT8
enclosing structural elements
[
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NT9
membrane structures
[
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NT9
shell structures
NT9
stressed-skin structures
NT9
room dividers
[
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NT9
[domes and dome components]
[
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NT9
[vaults and vault components]
[
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]
NT9
[roofs and roof components]
[
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]
NT9
[walls and wall components]
[
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]
NT9
columnar screens
NT8
structural assemblies
[
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NT9
aedicules
[
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NT9
arcades
(structural assemblies) [
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]
NT9
colonnades
[
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]
NT9
architectural orders
(assembly and style) [
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]
NT9
cǎojià bǎiyàn
NT9
bhūmija
NT8
structural systems
[
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]
NT9
cable structures
[
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]
NT9
plate structures
[
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]
NT9
structural frames
[
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]
NT9
lamella roofs
NT8
[structural elements by specific context]
[
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]
NT9
shipyard structure components
[
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]
NT7
structural element components
[
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]
NT8
pier components
[
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]
NT9
alettes
NT8
arch components
[
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]
NT9
archivolts
NT9
imposts
NT9
impost blocks
NT9
haunches
NT8
dome components
[
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]
NT9
tension rings
NT8
vault components
[
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]
NT9
vault bays
NT9
groins
(vault components)
NT9
vaulting capitals
NT9
vaulting cells
NT9
vaulting courses
[
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]
NT8
column components
[
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]
NT9
[capitals and capital components]
[
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]
NT9
[shafts and shaft components]
[
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]
NT9
[bases and base components for columns]
[
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]
NT8
entablature components
[
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]
NT9
[cornices and cornice components]
[
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]
NT9
[friezes and frieze components]
[
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]
NT9
[architraves and architrave components]
[
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]
NT8
truss components
[
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NT9
chords
NT9
web members
NT8
roof components
[
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]
NT9
exterior roof components
[
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]
NT9
roof frame components
[
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]
NT9
[temporary alphabetical list: roof components]
[
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]
NT8
wall components
[
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]
NT9
[wall components by form or function]
[
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]
NT9
[wall components by location or context]
[
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]
NT8
pedestal components
[
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]
NT9
dadoes
NT9
caps
(pedestal components)
NT8
[balloon and platform frame components]
[
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]
NT9
headers
(structural components)
NT9
ledger boards
NT9
plates
(balloon and platform frame components) [
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]
NT9
rough sills
NT9
studs
(structural components)
NT9
trimmers
(frame components)
NT8
rolled sections
[
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]
NT9
H-beams
NT9
I-beams
NT9
T-beams
NT9
wide-flange beams
NT9
channels
(rolled sections)
NT9
angles
(rolled sections)
NT8
arch, dome or vault components
[
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]
NT9
crowns
(architectural elements)
NT9
extradoses
NT9
intradoses
NT9
voussoirs
[
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]
NT9
ribs
(dome or vault components) [
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]
NT8
structural slab components
[
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]
NT9
drop panels
NT8
pier foundation components
[
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]
NT9
piers
(foundation components)
NT8
pile foundation components
[
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]
NT9
piles
(structural elements) [
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]
NT8
spread footing components
[
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]
NT9
footings
[
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]
NT8
mastheads
NT6
300078071
[architectural elements by building type]
[
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]
NT7
fortification elements
[
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]
NT8
casemates
[
+
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]
NT9
traditor casemates
NT8
batteries
(platforms) [
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]
NT9
indented batteries
NT9
flank batteries
NT8
baileys
[
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]
NT9
inner baileys
NT9
outer baileys
NT8
keeps
[
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]
NT9
shell keeps
NT8
outworks
[
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]
NT9
barbicans
NT9
counterscarps
NT9
scarps
(fortification elements)
NT9
glacis
NT9
hornworks
NT9
moats
[
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]
NT9
palisades
(outworks)
NT9
ravelins
[
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]
NT9
covered ways
(fortification elements)
NT9
fosses
[
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]
NT9
countermines
NT9
caponiers
NT9
flèches
(fortification elements)
NT9
demi-lunes
(outworks)
NT8
cavaliers
(fortification elements)
NT8
fortification openings
[
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]
NT9
sally ports
NT9
loopholes
NT8
[defensive walls and defensive wall components]
[
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]
NT9
defensive walls
[
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]
NT9
defensive wall components
[
+
]
NT8
[bastions and bastion components]
[
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]
NT9
bastions
(fortification elements) [
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]
NT9
bastion components
[
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]
NT8
mottes
NT8
tenshu
NT8
chevaux de frise
NT8
inundation sluices
NT8
cunettes
NT8
ravelin ditches
NT8
dítái
NT8
dūntái
NT7
religious building fixtures
[
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]
NT8
Christian religious building fixtures
[
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]
NT9
altar rails
[
+
]
NT9
confessionals
(Christian religious building fixtures)
NT9
Easter sepulchers
NT9
rood lofts
NT9
pulpits
[
+
]
NT9
piscinae
(Christian building fixtures)
NT9
communion tables
NT9
ciboria
(structures)
NT9
credence tables
(religious building fixtures)
NT9
baptismal fonts
NT9
holy water stoups
NT9
tabernacles
(liturgical containers) [
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]
NT9
hanging pyxes
[
+
]
NT9
riddel posts
NT9
font cranes
NT9
[screens in Christian religious buildings]
[
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]
NT9
sacristy cupboards
[
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]
NT9
holy oils aumbries
NT9
baptismal baths
NT9
rood beams
NT9
consecration crosses
NT9
consecration candlesticks
NT9
baptismal font supports
NT9
baptismal font stands
NT9
baptistery arches
NT9
credence niches
NT9
credence shelves
NT9
[fixtures for seating or kneeling in Christian religious buildings]
[
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]
NT8
Islamic religious building fixtures
[
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]
NT9
minbars
NT9
qibla walls
NT9
dikkas
NT9
mihrabs
NT9
maqsuras
NT9
müezzin mahfilis
NT8
ablution fountains
NT8
[altars and altar components]
[
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]
NT9
altars
(religious fixtures) [
+
]
NT9
altar components
[
+
]
NT9
tlalmomoztli
NT8
chancel screens
[
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]
NT9
cancellos
NT9
rood screens
[
+
]
NT8
preaching chairs
NT8
[coverings and hangings for religious building fixtures]
[
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]
NT9
parokhets
NT9
[coverings and hangings for altars and altar components]
[
+
]
NT9
houseling cloths
NT9
kiswas
NT9
antependia
[
+
]
NT9
iconostasis curtains
NT9
cloths of honor
NT9
Lenten cloths
NT9
mourning cloths
NT8
Japanese religious building fixtures
[
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]
NT9
tokonoma
NT9
butsudan
NT8
Jewish religious building fixtures
[
+
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]
NT9
shtenders
NT9
bemas
NT9
mikvehs
NT8
Indian religious building fixtures
[
+
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]
NT9
Hindu religious building fixtures
[
+
]
NT9
mallacchādya
NT9
kakṣāsana
[
+
]
NT8
offertory tables
NT8
Pacific Island religious building fixtures
[
+
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]
NT9
atamiras
NT7
theater elements
[
+
~
]
NT8
parascenia
NT8
proscenium walls
NT8
[scaenae and scaenae components]
[
+
~
]
NT9
scaenae
NT9
scaenae components
[
+
]
NT8
proscenium arches
NT8
stage floors
NT8
traps
(theater elements)
NT8
gridirons
(theater elements)
NT8
flats
(theater elements)
NT8
periaktoi
NT8
fly towers
NT7
installations
(exhibitions)
NT7
sets
(theatrical) [
+
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]
NT8
film sets
NT7
sports facilities fixtures
[
+
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]
NT8
scoreboards
NT7
public building fixtures
[
+
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]
NT8
post-office boxes
NT8
sliding poles
NT6
300078075
[surface elements and surface element components]
[
+
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]
NT7
surface elements
(architectural) [
+
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]
NT8
amortizements
NT8
ceilings
[
+
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]
NT9
beam ceilings
NT9
camp ceilings
NT9
cove ceilings
NT9
luminous ceilings
NT9
suspended ceilings
NT9
barrel ceilings
NT9
compartment ceilings
NT9
acoustical ceilings
NT9
[coffered ceilings and coffered ceiling components]
[
+
]
NT9
cathedral ceilings
NT9
stucco ceilings
NT9
alfarje
NT9
padmanābha
NT9
vitāna
NT9
sabhā-padma-mandāraka
NT9
aṣṭadala
NT9
samatala
[
+
]
NT9
śatadala
NT9
vikarṇa-vitāna
NT9
zǎojǐng
NT9
mirrored ceilings
NT8
pavements
(surface elements) [
+
~
]
NT9
flexible pavements
NT9
rigid pavements
NT9
uttānapaṭṭa
NT8
flashing
(building components) [
+
~
]
NT9
base flashing
NT9
counterflashing
NT9
stepped flashing
NT8
soffits
NT8
copings
[
+
~
]
NT9
uṣṇīṣa
NT9
dhārānvita uṣṇīṣa
NT8
[floors and floor components]
[
+
~
]
NT9
floors
(surface elements) [
+
]
NT9
floor components
[
+
]
NT8
[moldings and molding components for architecture]
[
+
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]
NT9
molding components
[
+
]
NT9
architectural moldings
[
+
]
NT8
muqarnas
NT8
shoji
NT8
[coverings and hangings for surface elements]
[
+
~
]
NT9
wall coverings
[
+
]
NT9
floor coverings
[
+
]
NT9
wall hangings
[
+
]
NT8
architectural ornament
[
+
~
]
NT9
liṅgapīṭha
NT9
madhyalatā
NT9
latā
NT9
alaṁkāra-dēvatā
NT9
ghanadvāra
NT9
mukhapaṭṭī
NT9
madhyapaṭṭa
NT9
bālapañjara
(architectural element)
NT9
galapāda
NT9
muktā-tōraṇa
NT9
nakrapaṭṭikā
NT9
mūlamañjarī
NT9
mahāpāli
NT9
guilloches
(architectural ornament)
NT8
vajrāsana
NT8
bands
(surface elements) [
+
~
]
NT9
karṇalatā
NT9
karṇaratha
NT8
dhārānvita
NT7
brise-soleils
NT7
surface element components
[
+
~
]
NT8
floor components
[
+
~
]
NT9
subfloors
NT9
underlayment
NT8
muntins
NT8
moldings
(object components) [
+
~
]
NT9
crown moldings
NT9
bolection moldings
NT9
applied moldings
[
+
]
NT9
molding components
[
+
]
NT9
architectural moldings
[
+
]
NT8
stiles
(surface components) [
+
~
]
NT9
hanging stiles
NT9
lock stiles
NT8
panels
(surface components) [
+
~
]
NT9
fielded panels
NT9
tableros
[
+
]
NT8
coffered ceiling components
[
+
~
]
NT9
coffers
(architecture components)
NT8
tables
(architectural elements)
NT8
plinth blocks
NT8
sections
(architectural components) [
+
~
]
NT9
khaṇḍa
NT9
offset sections
NT7
[temporary alphabetical list: surface elements and surface element components]
[
+
~
]
NT8
board and batten siding
[
+
~
]
NT9
Shaker siding
NT8
ceiling ornaments
NT8
ceiling tile
NT8
decorative brick
NT8
decorative tile
NT8
fireplace enframements
NT8
fireplace ornaments
NT8
floor boards
NT8
fretwork panels
NT8
hardwood flooring
NT8
hearth tile
NT8
peg rails
NT8
pressed metal ceiling tile
NT8
puncheon flooring
NT8
vinyl flooring
NT8
vinyl siding
NT8
wall ornament
NT8
surface ornament
NT6
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barriers and barrier elements
[
+
~
]
NT7
barrier elements
[
+
~
]
NT8
grilles
(barrier elements) [
+
~
]
NT9
window guards
NT9
ventilator grilles
NT9
window grilles
NT9
nāga-jāla
NT9
hastinētra-jāla
NT9
hastinētra
NT9
stambhajālaka
NT9
gavākṣajāla
NT9
jālī
NT9
gulikā-jāla
NT9
jālaka
[
+
]
NT9
gōnētra-jāla
NT9
śalākās
NT9
jālavātāyana
NT8
guardrails
NT8
turnstiles
NT8
grates
[
+
~
]
NT9
fireplace grates
NT8
[balustrades, railings and their components]
[
+
~
]
NT9
balustrades
[
+
]
NT9
railings
(balustrades) [
+
]
NT9
[balustrade and railing components]
[
+
]
NT9
alfardas
NT8
lattices
[
+
~
]
NT9
jali
(lattices)
NT8
stanchions
NT8
cattle guards
NT8
monks
(barrier elements)
NT8
barrier wire
NT8
antarāla-jālas
NT7
barriers
[
+
~
]
NT8
ha-has
NT8
dams
(hydraulic structures) [
+
~
]
NT9
[dams by form]
[
+
]
NT9
[dams by function]
[
+
]
NT9
[dams by construction]
[
+
]
NT8
fencing
(barriers)
NT8
barrier walls
NT6
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almenas
(adornments)
NT6
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chalchihuites
Català
element arquitectònic
Castellano
elementos de arquitectura
Date of creation: 04-Nov-2024
Accepted term: 04-Nov-2024
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