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    triumphal arch
    [ noun ]
    a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory
    <noun.artifact>


    Arch \Arch\ ([aum]rch), n. [F. arche, fr. LL. arca, for arcus.
    See {Arc}.]
    1. (Geom.) Any part of a curved line.

    2. (Arch.)
    (a) Usually a curved member made up of separate
    wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them
    disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve;
    used to support the wall or other weight above an
    opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i.
    e., semicircular), or pointed.
    (b) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into
    wedges or other shapes so as to support each other
    without rising in a curve.

    Note: Scientifically considered, the arch is a means of
    spanning an opening by resolving vertical pressure into
    horizontal or diagonal thrust.

    3. Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into
    the arch of a bridge.

    4. Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the
    aorta. ``Colors of the showery arch.'' --Milton.

    {Triumphal arch}, a monumental structure resembling an arched
    gateway, with one or more passages, erected to commemorate
    a triumph.

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