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• Arch — • A structure composed of separate pieces, such as stone or bricks, having the shape of truncated wedges, arranged on a curved line so as to retain their position by mutual pressure Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Arch     Arch …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Upper gastrointestinal bleeding — Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding refers to hemorrhage in the upper gastrointestinal tract. The anatomic cut off for upper GI bleeding is the ligament of Treitz, which connects the fourth portion of the duodenum to the diaphragm near the… …   Wikipedia

• Arch 22 — is a commemorative arch on the road into Banjul in The Gambia. It was built in 1996 to mark the military coup d etat which over threw the democratically elected government, and saw the rise to power on 22 July 1994 of President Yahya Jammeh and… …   Wikipedia

• Arch, Four-centred — ♦ Arch with curves struck from four centres, the two outer (lower) arcs struck from the springing line, the inner (upper) from below the springing line. In later work the upper arcs are represented by straight lines. (Wood, Margaret. The English… …   Medieval glossary

• Arch of Hadrian — The Arch of Hadrian is a monumental gateway resembling – in some respects a Roman triumphal arch. It spanned an ancient road from the center of Athens, Greece, to the complex of structures on the eastern side of the city that included the Temple… …   Wikipedia

• Upper Steel Arch Bridge (Niagara Falls) — Infobox bridge2 bridge name = Upper Steel Arch Bridge aka Honeymoon Bridge |200px caption = The Upper Steel Arch Bridge at Niagara Falls official name = carried = crossed = Niagara River locale = maint = id = design = Steel Arch Bridge mainspan …   Wikipedia

• Upper deck — Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. [1913 Webster] Note: The following are the more… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Upper Steel Arch Bridge — Stich der Upper Steel Arch Bridge aus dem Jahr 1900 Die Upper Steel Arch Bridge, auch Fallsview Bridge oder Honeymoon Bridge genannt, war eine zweigelenkige Stahlbogen Brücke zwischen Kanada und den Vereinigten Staaten. Die Brücke führte über die …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• arch — Any structure resembling a bent bow or an a.; an arc. In anatomy, any vaulted or archlike structure. See arcus. SYN: arcus [TA]. [thru O. Fr. fr. L. arcus, bow] abdominothoracic a. a bell shaped line defined by the lower end of the sternum and… …   Medical dictionary

• arch — arch1 /ahrch/, n. 1. Archit. a. a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are… …   Universalium

• Arch of Septimius Severus — The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus at the northeast end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, in the two… …   Wikipedia