单词 | geostatic arch |
释义 | > as lemmasgeostatic arch geostatic arch n. now rare an arch designed to sustain pressure exerted by overlying soil or rock; cf. hydrostatic arch n. at hydrostatic adj. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1858Geostatic arch [see sense 1]. 1884 T. M. Cleemann Railroad Engineer's Pract. (ed. 3) 43 If the embankment over the arch is very high, or if the arch is the lining to a tunnel in earth, the proper form for the intrados is a geostatic arch. 1909 H. G. Tyrrell Concrete Bridges & Culverts 25 The geostatic arch bears the same relation to the hydrostatic arch as the ellipse does to the circle. 1956 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers 115 707 A final design was prepared using a geostatic arch form. < as lemmas |
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