Accouplement
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accouplement
[ə′kəp·lə·mənt] (architecture)
A pair of elements of a structure that are very close or touching, such as two columns.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Accouplement
Pairs of closely spaced columns or pilasters; typically the abacuses of the capitals touch each other without being joined.
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture Copyright © 2012, 2002, 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved
accouplement
accouplement
The placement of columns or pilasters close together, in pairs.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Or, les
accouplements consanguins sont a deconseiller car les nouveau-nes risquent soit de mourir, soit de souffrir de malformations.
II arrive parfois que les
accouplements aux haltes migratoires du printemps ou aux aires d'hivernage partagees par les eiders a duvet et les eiders a tete grise donnent lieu a une progeniture hybride.
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