diastyle

 [dahy-uh-stahyl]  

di·a·style

   [dahy-uh-stahyl]
adjective Architecture.
having an intercolumniation of three diameters.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin diastȳlos < Greek diástȳlos with columns far apart, equivalent to dia- dia- + -stȳlos -style2
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Diastyle is always a great word to know.
So is fascia. Does it mean:
a longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by an arcade or the like
any relatively broad, flat, horizontal surface, such as the outer edge of a cornice or a stringcourse
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diastyle (ˈdaɪəˌstaɪl)
 
—adj
1.  having columns about three diameters apart
 
—n
2.  a diastyle building
 
[C16: via Latin from Greek diastӯlos having spaced pillars]

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