transverse arch

noun

, Architecture.

1. a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.

Example Sentences

Venkadesan et al.1 report that another foot arch — the transverse arch, which is in the vicinity of the metatarsal bones — makes a major contribution to foot stiffness.

From Nature

Now the transverse arch is stepping into the spotlight, with a proposed central role in the evolution of human foot stiffness.

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Given that Venkadesan and colleagues’ work did not directly test whether there is a relationship between transverse- arch curvature and the stiffness of the human foot, it remains to be determined whether the range of differences in human transverse-arch curvature is a crucial functional parameter to explain foot stiffness.

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Venkadesan et al.1 report that another foot arch — the transverse arch, which is in the vicinity of the metatarsal bones — makes a major contribution to foot stiffness.

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They estimated the curvature of the transverse arch and determined which species would probably have had sufficient curvature to induce stiffening of this arch to an extent similar to that of modern humans.

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