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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Curvilinear

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23830811911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7 — Curvilinear

CURVILINEAR, in architecture, that which is formed by curved or flowing lines; the roofs over the domes and vaults of the Byzantine churches were generally curvilinear. The term is also given to the flowing tracery of the Decorated and the Flamboyant styles.