intrados

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noun

The inner curve of an arch or vault.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounintrados (plural intradoses or intrados)

plural intradoses

  1. architectureThe inner curve of an arch or vault.

    * Application of stitching bars to intrados (inner arch) though cracked voussoirs, grout and apply crack injection to seal.

    2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, page 27

Origin

From French, from Latin intra (“within”) + French dos (“back”) (from Latin dostrum).

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APA

intrados. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrados

MLA

“intrados.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrados. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intrados,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrados.

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