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peripteries

peripteries is the plural of periptery.

Meaning of periptery

Noun

periptery (plural peripteries)

  1. The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.
    • F. W. (Frederick William) Lanchester, "Aerial Flight - Volume 1", Chapter IV, p.139 Wing Form and Motion in the Periptery
  2. A building surrounded by a wing or row of columns.

Questions about peripteries

What is peripteries the plural of?
Peripteries is the plural of periptery.

Words near peripteries in the dictionary

  1. peripsocid
  2. peripsocids
  3. peripter
  4. peripteral
  5. peripterals
  6. peripteries
  7. peripteroi
  8. peripteros
  9. peripterous
  10. peripters
  11. periptery

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