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Difference between Clerestory and Flying buttress

Clerestory vs. Flying buttress

In architecture, a clerestory (also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey; from Old French cler estor) is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye-level. The flying buttress (arc-boutant, arch buttress) is a specific form of buttress composed of an arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, in order to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards, which are forces that arise from vaulted ceilings of stone and from wind-loading on roofs.

Similarities between Clerestory and Flying buttress

Clerestory and Flying buttress have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Amiens Cathedral, Architecture of cathedrals and great churches, Gothic architecture, Romanesque architecture.

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  • What Clerestory and Flying buttress have in common
  • What are the similarities between Clerestory and Flying buttress

Clerestory and Flying buttress Comparison

Clerestory has 61 relations, while Flying buttress has 55. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 3.45% = 4 / (61 + 55).

References

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