intrados

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The reinforcement consists of arch and transverse bars; the arch bars are spaced 6 ins. on centers 2½ ins. from both extrados and intrados, and the transverse bars are spaced 24 ins. on centers inside both lines of arch bars.

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  1. noun Architecture The inner curve of an arch.

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  1. French : intra-, within (from Latin intrā-; see intra-) + dos, back (from Old French, from Latin dorsum).

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  1. from French intrados, from Latin intra, within, + dorsum (later F. dos), the back: see dorse.
 

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/ɪnˈtreɪdɑs/
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