extrados

A noun referring to the exterior or upper curve of an arch, as opposed to the intrados.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant la courbe extérieure ou supérieure d'une voûte ou d'un arc, par opposition à l'intrados.

1. Architecture term C2 formal technical

   The exterior curve or outer surface of an arch, opposite the intrados.

   • The stone blocks on the extrados of the arch were carefully carved to match the curve.
   • Engineers measured the radius of both the intrados and extrados to ensure stability.
   • The extrados of the ancient Roman arch showed signs of weathering.
   • This bridge design requires a precise calculation of the extrados curvature.

   🇫🇷Extrados (architecture)

   Antonymes: intrados

• extrados plural form
• extradoses plural form
• extrados' possessive plural form
• extradoses' possessive plural form
• extrados's possessive singular form