pycnostyle

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος (puknóstulos, “close-pillared”). By surface analysis, pycno- +‎ -style.

Adjective

pycnostyle (not comparable)

  1. (architecture) Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.

Noun

pycnostyle (plural pycnostyles)

  1. (architecture) A colonnade of this kind.

References

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