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pycnostyle

[ pik-nuh-stahyl ]

adjective

, Architecture.
  1. having an intercolumniation of 1½ diameters.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pycnostyle1

1555–65; < Latin pycnostȳlus < Greek pyknóstȳlos, equivalent to pyknós pycno- + -stylos -style 2

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Example Sentences

In the pycnostyle, the height should be divided into ten parts, and one of these used for the thickness of the column.

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