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scotia


Sco·tia

S0159100 (skō′shə) A medieval and poetic name for Scotland.

sco·tia

S0159100 (skō′shə)n. A hollow concave molding at or near the base of a column.
[Latin, from Greek skotiā, from feminine of skotios, dark, shadowy (from the shadow it casts), from skotos, darkness.]

scotia

(ˈskəʊʃə) n (Architecture) a deep concave moulding, esp one used on the base of an Ionic column between the two torus mouldings[C16: via Latin from Greek skotia, from skotos darkness (from the shadow in the cavity)]

sco•tia

(ˈskoʊ ʃə)

n., pl. -tias. a deep concave molding between two fillets, esp. in the base of a column in classical architecture. [1555–65; < Latin < Greek skotía darkness (from its shadow)]

Sco•tia

(ˈskoʊ ʃə)

n. Literary. Scotland.

Scotia


Scotia

(skō`shə), originally the Latin name for Ireland. In the Middle Ages, it was used to refer to Scotland, to which the Scots had migrated from Ireland. Today it is used poetically.

Scotia

 

an asymmetrical architectural molding whose cross section forms an arc of an ellipse or a more complex concave curve.


Scotia

 

an underwater ridge in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean. Presumed to be an underwater continuation of the Andes mountain system of South America, the ridge extends for 3,500 km from Tierra del Fuego through the South Sandwich Islands to Antarctica. The maximum ocean depth above the ridge is 3,000 m. Parts of the ridge rise above the water to South Georgia Island and the South Sandwich, South Shetland, and South Orkney island groups.

scotia

scotia A deep concave molding, esp. one at the base of a column in Classical architecture. Also called a gorge, trochilus.
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