buttress
architectural structure, usually of masonry, built to strengthen or support walls or resist the lateral thrust of vaults
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buttress
Summary
buttress is an architectural element[1]. buttress ranks in the top 6% of architectural_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- buttress's image is recorded as PPkerk(04).jpg[3].
- buttress's image is recorded as TUNISIE KAIROUAN 04.jpg[4].
- buttress's instance of is recorded as architectural element[5].
- buttress's subclass of is recorded as architectural element[6].
- buttress's Commons category is recorded as Buttresses[7].
- buttress's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/030vvy[8].
- buttress's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300000891[9].
- buttress's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=buttress[10].
- buttress's described by source is recorded as Contrafuerte[11].
- buttress's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[12].
- buttress's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
- buttress's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
- buttress's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[15].
- buttress's partially coincident with is recorded as Q116702162[16].
- buttress's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/buttress-architecture[17].
- buttress's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/setback-buttress[18].
- buttress's connects with is recorded as pinnacle[19].
- buttress's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2093750[20].
- buttress's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 03092a[21].
- buttress's Treccani ID is recorded as contrafforte[22].
- buttress's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as bouwkunde/steunbeer[23].
- buttress's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as buttresses[24].
- buttress's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtb1k3gjmd5z8bpqd98tt9[25].
- buttress's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as strebepilar[26].
- buttress's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 14712689[27].
Why It Matters
buttress ranks in the top 6% of architectural_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2] buttress has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] buttress is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]