intrados

English

An intrados (inner curve of an arch)

Etymology

From French, from Latin intra (“within”) + French dos (“back”) (from Latin dostrum).

Noun

intrados (plural intradoses or intrados)

1. (architecture) The inner curve of an arch or vault.
   • 2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, page 27:

     * Application of stitching bars to intrados (inner arch) though cracked voussoirs, grout and apply crack injection to seal.

Coordinate terms

• extrados

References

• “intrados”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Andriots, diatrons, tindoras, transoid

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intrados.

Noun

intrados n (plural intradosuri)

1. intrados

Declension

Declension of intrados

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) intrados	intradosul	(niște) intradosuri	intradosurile
genitive/dative	(unui) intrados	intradosului	(unor) intradosuri	intradosurilor
vocative	intradosule		intradosurilor