casting | the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie |
casting lots drawing lots sortition | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn |
casting vote | the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie |
casting cast | the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel |
bait casting | the single-handed rod casting of a relatively heavy (artificial) bait |
fly casting | casting an artificial fly as a lure |
surf casting surf fishing | casting (artificial) bait far out into the ocean (up to yards) with the waves breaking around you |
architecture | the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect |
molding casting | the act of creating something by casting it in a mold |
architecture | an architectural product or work |
cast casting | object formed by a mold |
computer architecture architecture | (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software, the architecture of a computer's system software |
architectural style style of architecture type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
Byzantine architecture | the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the th century, massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics |
classical architecture Greco-Roman architecture | architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans |
Greek architecture | the architecture of ancient Greece |
Roman architecture | the architecture of ancient Rome |
Gothic Gothic architecture | a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the th and th centuries, characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches |
Romanesque Romanesque architecture | a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after AD, characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades |
Norman architecture | a Romanesque style first appearing in Normandy aroundAD and used in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the th century |
perpendicular perpendicular style English-Gothic English-Gothic architecture | a Gothic style in th and th century England, characterized by vertical lines and a fourentered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting |
Tudor architecture | a style of English-Gothic architecture popular during the Tudor period, characterized by half-timbered houses |
Moorish Moorish architecture | a style of architecture common in Spain from the th to th centuries, characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches |
Victorian architecture | a style of architecture used in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria, characterized by massive construction and elaborate ornamentation |
architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings, architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use |
landscape architecture | the branch of architecture dealing with the arrangement of land and buildings for human use and enjoyment |
Bachelor of Science in Architecture BSArch | a bachelor's degree in architecture |
Master of Architecture MArch | a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture |
computer architecture | the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device, the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system |
network architecture | specification of design principles (including data formats and procedures) for creating a network configuration of data processors |