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  2. Solomonic column - Wikipedia

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    The Solomonic column, also called barley-sugar column, is a helical column, characterized by a spiraling twisting shaft like a corkscrew. It is not associated with a specific classical order , although most examples have Corinthian or Composite capitals .

  3. Superposed order - Wikipedia

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    Superposed order of the Colosseum. Superposed order (also superimposed) [1] is one where successive storeys of a building have different orders. [2] The most famous ancient example of such an order is the Colosseum at Rome, which had no less than four storeys of superposed orders. [3]

  4. Entasis - Wikipedia

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    Some descriptions of entasis [10] state simply that the technique was an enhancement applied to the more primitive conical columns to make them appear more substantial. Other descriptions argue that the technique emphasizes the substantiality of, not the columns, but rather, of some other part or of the building while being viewed as a whole.

  5. Frontispiece (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Classical elements such as superimposed orders, which refers to the architectural system of using different styles of columns for each storey of a building, was introduced and often used for decorative functions in classical architecture. [4] One of the most popular examples of superimposed orders was on the classical façade of the Colosseum. [19]

  6. Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada

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    Particularly high-style examples follow the Louvre precedent by breaking up the facade with superimposed columns and pilasters that typically vary their order between stories. Vernacular buildings typically employed less and more eclectic ornament than high-style specimens that generally followed the vernacular development in other styles.

  7. Superposition principle - Wikipedia

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    For example, a beam can be modeled as a linear system where the input stimulus is the load on the beam and the output response is the deflection of the beam. The importance of linear systems is that they are easier to analyze mathematically; there is a large body of mathematical techniques, frequency-domain linear transform methods such as ...

  8. Linear combination - Wikipedia

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    is the linear combination of vectors and such that = +. In mathematics, a linear combination or superposition is an expression constructed from a set of terms by multiplying each term by a constant and adding the results (e.g. a linear combination of x and y would be any expression of the form ax + by, where a and b are constants).

  9. Procrustes analysis - Wikipedia

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    To compare the shapes of two or more objects, the objects must be first optimally "superimposed". Procrustes superimposition (PS) is performed by optimally translating, rotating and uniformly scaling the objects. In other words, both the placement in space and the size of the objects are freely adjusted. The aim is to obtain a similar placement ...