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Profiles (orthographic drawings)

Scope note

Use for orthographic drawings of an object or structure seen in a vertical plane. In architecture, most often sections; in shipbuilding may be sections or elevations, but always showing the vessel broadside.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300034272

Broader Terms used

orthographic drawings

Narrower Terms used

soil profiles

Equivalent Terms used

profile (orthographic drawing)

Created

13yrs ago

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