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pycnostyle

[pik-nuh-stahyl]

adjective Architecture.

having an intercolumniation of 1¹/₂ diameters.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin pycnostȳlus < Greek pyknóstȳlos, equivalent to pyknós pycno- + -stylos -style²

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a low wall forming a base for a construction, as a colonnade or dome; the masonry supporting a classical temple

the distinctively treated upper end of a column

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