sexpartite

[ seks-pahr-tahyt ]

/ sɛksˈpɑr taɪt /

adjective

divided into or consisting of six parts.

Architecture. (of a vault) divided into six compartments by two ogives and three transverse arches, one of which crosses the ogives at the point at which they cross each other.

Origin of sexpartite

First recorded in 1750–60; sex- + partite

Words nearby sexpartite

sex-linked inheritance, sex-linked trait, sex object, sex offender, sexology, sexpartite, sexpert, sex play, sexploitation, sex positivity, sexpot

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Example sentences from the Web for sexpartite

The Vaulting is generally simple, and acute, and usually of the quadripartite or sexpartite form.
The Seven Periods of English Architecture|Edmund Sharpe
Like most of the larger XII-century churches, the sexpartite system of vaulting was used.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
Normandys invention of the sexpartite vault came about, thinks M. Anthyme Saint-Paul, through her predilection for multiple lines.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
By the addition of a sexpartite vaulting the much-discussed Lombard alternate piers were no longer inconsequent.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

Groin vaults were persisted in simultaneously with diagonals, and the sexpartite vault used long after the north had dropped it.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

British Dictionary definitions for sexpartite

sexpartite

/ (sɛksˈpɑːtaɪt) /

adjective

(esp of vaults, arches, etc) divided into or composed of six parts

maintained by or involving six participants or groups of participants

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	sexpartite
释义	sexpartite [ seks-pahr-tahyt ] / sɛksˈpɑr taɪt / adjective divided into or consisting of six parts. Architecture. (of a vault) divided into six compartments by two ogives and three transverse arches, one of which crosses the ogives at the point at which they cross each other. Origin of sexpartite First recorded in 1750–60; sex- + partite Words nearby sexpartite sex-linked inheritance, sex-linked trait, sex object, sex offender, sexology, sexpartite, sexpert, sex play, sexploitation, sex positivity, sexpot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sexpartite The Vaulting is generally simple, and acute, and usually of the quadripartite or sexpartite form. The Seven Periods of English Architecture\|Edmund Sharpe Like most of the larger XII-century churches, the sexpartite system of vaulting was used. How France Built Her Cathedrals\|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly Normandys invention of the sexpartite vault came about, thinks M. Anthyme Saint-Paul, through her predilection for multiple lines. How France Built Her Cathedrals\|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly By the addition of a sexpartite vaulting the much-discussed Lombard alternate piers were no longer inconsequent. How France Built Her Cathedrals\|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly Groin vaults were persisted in simultaneously with diagonals, and the sexpartite vault used long after the north had dropped it. How France Built Her Cathedrals\|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly British Dictionary definitions for sexpartite sexpartite / (sɛksˈpɑːtaɪt) / adjective (esp of vaults, arches, etc) divided into or composed of six parts maintained by or involving six participants or groups of participants Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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