Squinch
Architectural element used to support a dome / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about an architectural feature. For square-inch analysis, see Square-inch analysis.
In architecture, a squinch is a triangular corner that supports the base of a dome.[1] Its visual purpose is to translate a rectangle into an octagon. See also: pendentive.
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