extrados

English

Detail of the skew arch bridge at Boxmoor, showing the stepped extrados (outer curve of the arch)

Etymology

From French extradossé (“outer curve”) from Latin extra (“outside”) + dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum).

Noun

extrados (plural extradoses or extrados)

1. (architecture) The outer or upper curve of an arch.

Coordinate terms

• intrados

Derived terms

• extradosed

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French extrados.

Noun

extrados n (plural extradosuri)

1. extrados

Declension

Declension of extrados

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) extrados	extradosul	(niște) extradosuri	extradosurile
genitive/dative	(unui) extrados	extradosului	(unor) extradosuri	extradosurilor
vocative	extradosule		extradosurilor