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pycnostyle

pycnostyle adjective: having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.

Adjective

pycnostyle (not comparable)

  1. Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.

Noun

pycnostyle (plural pycnostyles)

  1. A colonnade of this kind.

Forms of pycnostyle

pluralpycnostyles

Origin of pycnostyle

From Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος (puknóstulos, “close-pillared”). By surface analysis, pycno- + -style.

Questions about pycnostyle

What does pycnostyle mean?
Pycnostyle means having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.
What part of speech is pycnostyle?
Pycnostyle can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pycnostyle in the dictionary

  1. pycnosome
  2. pycnosomes
  3. pycnospore
  4. pycnospores
  5. pycnostad
  6. pycnostyle
  7. pycnostyles
  8. pycnotic
  9. pycnoxylic
  10. Pycock
  11. pycoerythrin

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