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intercolumniations

intercolumniations is the plural of intercolumniation.

Meaning of intercolumniation

Noun

intercolumniation (countable and uncountable, plural intercolumniations)

  1. The spaces between adjacent columns (of a colonnade).
  2. The system of such spacing.
    • [W]hen vvee ſpeake of the Intercolumniation or diſtance, vvhich is due to each Order, vve meane in a Dorique, Ionicall, Corinthian Porch, or Cloiſter, or the like of one Contignation, and not in Storied buildings.1624, Henry Wotton, “The Seate, and the Worke”, in The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC, I. part, pages 39–40

Questions about intercolumniations

What is intercolumniations the plural of?
Intercolumniations is the plural of intercolumniation.

Words near intercolumniations in the dictionary

  1. intercolumnar
  2. intercolumnation
  3. intercolumnations
  4. intercolumniated
  5. intercolumniation
  6. intercolumniations
  7. intercolumns
  8. intercom
  9. intercom system
  10. intercombat
  11. intercombination

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