See Also: isogam(dictionary)
buttress(encyclopedia)
buttress(medicine)
buttress(dictionary)
buttress 2, verb(dictionary)
buttress 1, noun(dictionary)
flying buttress(encyclopedia)
buttress foot(medicine)
buttress plate(medicine)
flying buttress(dictionary)

buttress 1, noun (oh) and isogam (iou)


buttress 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: boterez, from boter; BUTT2]
a brick or stone structure built to support a wall

isogam (iou)



isogam noun. E20.
[App. from ISO- + GAMMA noun.]
A line (imaginary or on a map) connecting points where the acceleration due to gravity has the same value. Freq. attrib. E20.
An isodynamic line. M20.