What does squinch mean?
Definitions for squinch
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Princeton's WordNet
squinchverb
a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
squinchverb
crouch down
flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quailverb
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
squint, squinchverb
cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
"The children squinted so as to scare each other"
Wiktionary
squinchnoun
A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure; as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
squinchverb
to scrunch up (one's face)
Wikipedia
Squinch
In architecture, a squinch is a triangular corner that supports the base of a dome. Its visual purpose is to translate a rectangle into an octagon. See also: pendentive.
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squinch
A squinch is an architectural feature used in the construction of domes. It's a piece of construction, similar to an arch or a small piece of a dome that is built across the interior angle between two walls to provide support for a dome or pendentive above. It allows the transition from a square or rectangular base to a circular or polygonal dome. This architectural design is often used in Byzantine, Persian, and Middle Eastern architecture.
Webster Dictionary
Squinchnoun
a small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon
Etymology: [Corrupted fr. sconce.]
Wikidata
Squinch
A squinch in architecture is a construction filling in the upper angles of a square room so as to form a base to receive an octagonal or spherical dome. A later solution of this structural problem was provided by the pendentive.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Squinch
skwinch, n. a small stone arch, or series of arches, across an interior angle of a square tower to support the sides of an octagonal spire.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of squinch in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of squinch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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