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Spandrel Moderate

Spandrel has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them

2

The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
surface
Rhyming Words
rel orel karel lorel jurel borel dorel forel herel aurel morel tyrel burel sorel maurel devrel petrel viorel svirel burrel
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