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Objects Facet
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Components (hierarchy name)
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components (objects parts)
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<components by specific context>
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architectural elements
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<structural elements and components for structural elements>
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structural elements
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structures (structural elements)
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<structures by location or context>
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<structures by property>
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structural systems
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cable structures
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lamella roofs
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plate structures
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structural frames
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structural assemblies
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aedicules
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arcades (structural assemblies)
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architectural orders (assembly and style)
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bhūmija
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cǎojià bǎiyàn
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colonnades
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<supporting and resisting elements>
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abutments
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anthropomorphic supporting elements
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bell cages
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braces (architectural supporting elements)
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buttresses
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caissons (supporting and resisting elements)
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cáo
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cololches
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<columns and column components>
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concrete monoliths
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cribbing
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diagrids
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fishplates (supporting elements)
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foundations (structural elements)
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grillages
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masts
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nailing blocks
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<pedestals and pedestal components>
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pendentives
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<piers and pier components>
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pillars (structural elements)
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pilotis
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píngshuǐ
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píngzuò
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plinths
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postholes
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posts (structural elements)
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pou tokomanawa
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shores (structural elements)
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socles
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squinches
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stays (architectural elements)
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<temporary alphabetical list: supporting and resisting elements>
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trestles (supporting elements)
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trompes (vault elements)
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<spanning and projecting structural elements>
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<arches and arch components>
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beams (structural elements)
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brackets (structural elements)
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cantilevers
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corbels
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decking
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<entablatures and entablature components>
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lintels (spanning elements)
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pūzuò
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shàng'áng
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spans (structural elements)
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tiǎowò
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<trusses and truss components>
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enclosing structural elements
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columnar screens
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<domes and dome components>
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membrane structures
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<roofs and roof components>
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room dividers
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shell structures
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stressed-skin structures
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<vaults and vault components>
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<walls and wall components>
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<structural elements by specific context>
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shipyard structure components
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