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AMPHISTYLAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amphistylar mean?
• AMPHISTYLAR (adjective)
The adjective AMPHISTYLAR has 2 senses:
1. having columns either at both ends or at both sides
2. marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
Familiarity information: AMPHISTYLAR used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having columns either at both ends or at both sides
Similar:
columned (having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
Synonyms:
amphiprostylar; amphiprostyle; amphistylar; porticoed
Similar:
apteral (having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides)
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