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Transept

The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Church 70% connected

A building set apart for Christian worship.

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Acute-angled adjective · 78% connection

Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transversal, part, church, crosses, right.
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Aisle noun · 78% connection

part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns

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Breadth adjective · 78% connection

Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

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Cancelli verb · 78% connection

An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the ch…

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Choir noun · 78% connection

the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave

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Chorus noun · 78% connection

Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transversal, part, church, crosses, right.
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Clerestory noun · 78% connection

The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

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Decagon noun · 78% connection

A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angl…

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Dimension noun · 78% connection

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…

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Ellipse noun · 78% connection

An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of…

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

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Fret noun · 78% connection

An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obil…

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Horn noun · 78% connection

Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A proje…

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Hub noun · 78% connection

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

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