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Peripteral

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monopteral(architecture) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; said especially of a temple.
peristylarHaving the form of a peristyle.
pseudoperipteral(architecture) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral

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apteral(architecture) Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle.

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pseudoperipteralnoun(architecture) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral
monopteralnoun(architecture) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; said especially of a temple.
peristylarHaving the form of a peristyle.
hexastylenoun(architecture) having six columns at the front on the portico
peripterous(architecture) Surrounded by a single row of columns.
peritropousAlternative form of peritropal. [(rare) Involving turning oneself around: rotating or circuitous.]
apsed(architecture) Having an apse or apses (semicircular projection(s) from a building).
pseudodipteralnoun(architecture) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, like a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column
parallelepipedalnoun(geometry) Having the form of a parallelepiped
parallelepipedicalAlternative form of parallelepipedic. [Relating to, or having the form of a parallelepiped]
pendentnounAlternative spelling of pendant. [(architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter.]
amphiprostylenoun(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
perimorphousperimorphic
dipteralnounHaving a double row of columns on each of the flanks, as well as in front and rear, often said of a temple.
pentarchicRelating to a pentarchy or a pentarch
peripolygonal(crystallography, rare) Having very many sides or angles.
apeirogonal(geometry) Having the form of an apeirogon.
bipedicularOf or pertaining to two pedicles.
multiperforateHaving multiple perforations.
pentaspherical(mathematics) Relating to the pentasphere

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