stereotomy
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From French stéréotomie, from Ancient Greek στερεός (“solid”) + -τομία (“-cut”).
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stereotomy (uncountable)
- (geometry, masonry) The cutting or dissection of solids.
- 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue":
- Here your countenance brightened up, and, perceiving your lips move, I could not doubt that you murmured the word ‘stereotomy’, a term very affectedly applied to this species of pavement.
- 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue":
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