Definition of Gothic arch

1. Noun. A pointed arch; usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex.

Specialized synonyms: Lancet, Lancet Arch
Generic synonyms: Pointed Arch

Definition of Gothic arch

1. Noun. (qualifier architecture) An arch in the shape of ogive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Gothic arch

1. A tracing of mandibular movements made by means of a device attached to the opposing arches; its shape resembles that of an arrowhead or a Gothic arch, and when the instrument's marking point is at the apex of the arch, the jaws are considered to be in centric relation. Synonym: arrow point tracing, Gothic arch tracing, Gothic arch, stylus tracing. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gothic Arch

Gota Canal
Gotcha Day
Goteborg
Goth
Goth.
Gotha
Gotham
Gothamist
Gothamists
Gothamite
Gothamites
Gothenburg
Gothic
Gothic Lolita
Gothic alphabet
Gothic arch (current term)
Gothic arch tracing
Gothic arches
Gothic architecture
Gothic double
Gothic palate
Gothic romance
Gothic romancer
Gothically
Gothicise
Gothicised
Gothicises
Gothicising
Gothicism
Gothicity

Literary usage of Gothic arch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"... says that the inhabitants construct them by setting sticks in the ground, " and tying them at the top, forming thereby a kind of Gothic arch." 2039. ..."

2. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1914)
"Palate with Gothic arch. Fig. --'ft.'.—Palate with horseshoe arch. classed among the well-marked stigmata of degeneration. I have found but two or three ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1791)
"... exceeds chat of a regret the loft of three valuable mem- " Gothic arch, ... Charles O'Connor, Efq. The " Gothic arch of equal fpan and alti- executed. ..."

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