For Vault we have terms and definitions in 12 topics. The topics are Architecture, Art, Art History, Castle Terminology, Climatology, Dream, Electric Power, Gymnastics, Natural Gas, Poetry, Tudor, Architecture and Weather.

Vault (Architecture)

An arched ceiling or roof of stone, brick, or concrete arrow

Vault (Art)

Arched roof of a building or part of a building. Various forms exist: 1) barrel vault - an extreme development of the Roman arch (weight was carried equally by both walls); 2) cross vault where two barrel vaults cross and are divided into four segments with weight-bearing ribs each supported by a pilaster. Where the ribs meet at the apex is a keystone; 3) fan vaulting - rising from a polygonal structure and consisting of a concave cone radiating from each support; 4) domical vault - rising above a square structure and consisting of a section of a sphere whose diameter is equal to the diagonal of the square covered.

Vault (Art History)

In Renaissance art theory, a work's richness of subject matter. Also varietas (Lat.).

Vault (Castle Terminology)

an arched roof usually of stone.

Vault (Climatology)

Same as BWER

Vault (Dream)

To dream of a vault, denotes bereavement and other misfortune. To see a vault for valuables, signifies your fortune will surprise many, as your circumstances will appear to be meagre. To see the doors of a vault open, implies loss and treachery of people whom you trust.

Vault (Electric Power)

An enclosure, above or below ground, which personnel may enter and which is used for the purpose of installing, operating, or maintaining equipment or cable.

Vault (Gymnastics)

An event performed over the vaulting horse by both men and women. The gymnast races down a runway, vaults from a springboard onto the horse, landing with the hands, and then vaults off to a standing position. Each competitor performs two vaults and the scores are averaged.

Vault (Natural Gas)

An enclosed room or pit having an access opening in the top, side wall, or both. May be in a building, a separate above-ground structure, or underground.

Vault (Poetry)

canopy of heaven; the sky

Vault (Tudor, Architecture)

• A masonry roof or ceiling constructed on the arch principle.
• A barrel or tunnel vault, semicylindrical in cross section, is in effect a deep arch or an uninterrupted series of arches, one behind the other, over an oblong space.
• In a cross-barrel vault, the main barrel (tunnel) vault is intersected at right angles with other barrel (tunnel) vaults at regular intervals.
• A quadrant vault is a half-barrel (tunnel) vault.
• A sexpartile vault is a rib vault with six panels.
• A fan vault is a development of lierne vaulting characteristic of English Perpendicular Gothic, in which radiating ribs form a fan-like pattern.
• A cross vault (or groin) is formed at the point at which two barrel (tunnel) vaults intersect at right angles.
• In a ribbed vault, there is a framework of ribs or arches under the intersections of the vaulting sections.

Vault (Weather)

Same as BWER.

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