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CIRCULAR ARCH

Specialty Definition: CIRCULAR ARCH

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Mining

A roadway support consisting of an H-section girder of circular form and usually made in three parts. The joints are secured by fishplates and bolts. This type of steel arch is useful for withstanding pressures from roof, sides, and floor. With close lagging between the rings, the finishedroadway resembles a tube. See also:steel arch. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: CIRCULAR ARCH

Specialty definitions using "CIRCULAR ARCH": hercularc lining. (references)

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Use in Literature: CIRCULAR ARCH

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

It was a circular arch, not so high as the vault which sank down by degrees, and not so wide as the gallery which narrowed as the top grew lower.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: CIRCULAR ARCH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-h-i-l-r-r-r-u"

-4 letters: acicular, circular.

-5 letters: accrual, acicula, archaic, caracul, crucial, currach, rachial, railcar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CIRCULAR ARCH


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 49 52 43 55 4C 41 52      41 52 43 48

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001001 01010010 01000011 01010101 01001100 01000001 01010010 00100000 01000001 01010010 01000011 01001000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#73 &#82 &#67 &#85 &#76 &#65 &#82 &#32 &#65 &#82 &#67 &#72

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0049 0052 0043 0055 004C 0041 0052      0041 0052 0043 0048

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3743523755463552235523742

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