Plinth

In architecture, a plinth (from French plinthe, from Latin plinthus, from Greek πλίνθος plinthos, “brick”) is the base or platform upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument or structure rests.Gottfried Semper's The Four Elements of Architecture (1851) posited that the plinth, the hearth, the roof, and the wall make up all of architectural theory. The plinth usually rests directly on the ground or stylobate. According to Semper, the plinth exists to negotiate between a structure and the ground. Semper's theory has been influential in the development of architecture.

Many houses in flood-prone rural areas of Bangladesh are built on plinths ("homestead plinths").

The word is also used for the base of a cabinet or an audio turntable.

In dam engineering, the "plinth" is the link between the ground and the dam. For the case of arch dams, the term is changed to "pulvino".

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Plinth (disambiguation)

Plinth may refer to:

Plinth (hieroglyph)

The Ancient Egyptian Plinth-(shaped) hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Aa15 for the shape of a plinth, side view.

Plinth use as mortuary: "Justified"

Many examples honoring Ancient Egyptians in later life, and commemorating them show the use of two hieroglyphs, often paired, vertical, or horizontal, the Plinth with the Spoon-or-Oar shape (hieroglyph);

The meaning is often translated, justified, worthy, venerable, etc.

They are often paired together, but are also shown in temples and reliefs, each in the two different axes, (one vertical, one horizontal).

The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters

The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)

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