GEOMETRICAL STYLE
\d͡ʒˌiːə͡ʊmˈɛtɹɪkə͡l stˈa͡ɪl], \dʒˌiːəʊmˈɛtɹɪkəl stˈaɪl], \dʒ_ˌiː__əʊ_m_ˈɛ_t_ɹ_ɪ_k_əl s_t_ˈaɪ_l]\
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(Arch.) The style in which window and other tracery is composed entirely of pure geometrical figures, as the circle or the spherical triangle. This style succeeded the Early English, or Lancet, or First Pointed style, and is itself also known as the Second Pointed, or Middle Pointed. It was followed by the Flowing style, in which the window tracery is carried up from the mullions to the arch in soft wavy lines; and this in its turn was succeeded by the Continuous, or Perpendicular, known also as the Third Pointed, in which the lines of the tracery are carried up to the window arch in straight lines.
By Henry Percy Smith
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