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[[File:Refugi pedra Tales.jpg|thumb|Triangular arch made of two stone slabs]]
In [[architecture]], a '''triangular arch''' typically defines an [[arch]] where the [[intrados]] (inner surface of an arch) consists of two straight segments formed by two slabs leaning against each other.{{sfn | Woodman | Bloom | 2003 | loc=Triangular}} Brick builders would call triangular any arch with straight inclined sides.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brick Industry Association] |series=Technical Notes on Brick Construction |title=Brick Masonry Arches: Introduction |date=January 1995 |publisher=Brick Industry Association |page=2 |url=https://faculty-legacy.arch.tamu.edu/anichols/index_files/courses/arch631/NS6-1brickarch.pdf}}</ref> [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] [[corbel arch]]es are sometimes called triangular due to their shape.{{sfn|Sturgis|Davis|2013|p=121|loc=Triangular Arch}}
Since the sides of a triangular arch are experiencing bending stress, it is not a [[true arch]] in a structural sense. The design was common in [[Anglo-Saxon England]] until the late 11th century ([[St Mary Goslany]]).{{sfn | Woodman | Bloom | 2003 | loc=Triangular}}
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