DENTICLES

, or Dentils, are ornaments in a cornice, cut after the manner of teeth. These are mostly affected in the Ionic and Corinthian orders; and of late also in the Doric. The square member on which they are cut, is called the Denticule.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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DEMONSTRATION
DENDROMETER
DENEB
DENOMINATOR
DENSITY
* DENTICLES
DEPARTURE
DEPTH
DERHAM (Doctor William)
DESAGULIERS (John Theophilus)
DESCENDING