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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rib vault in which slender curving ribs radiate upward from the top of a column like the ribs of a fan to form inverted half cones. Common in late English Gothic architecture, fan vaults are often decorated with intricate tracery or paneling.
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