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eustyle, a. and n. Archit.|ˈjuːstaɪl| [ad. L. eustȳl-os, a. Gr. εὔστῡλος with pillars at the best distances, f. εὐ- (see eu-) + στῦλος pillar: cf. F. eustyle.] A. adj. Of a building, colonnade, etc.: Having the space between each successive pair of columns equal to two diameters of a column and a quarter or half diameter. B. n. The distance itself.
[1563Shute Archit. F j a, Eustylos..the distaunce betwen the .2. pillers to be .2. Diameters & a quarter..but at the furdest .2. Diameters and a halfe or .3.] 1696Phillips, Eustyle, the order where Pillars are rightly placed; the Intercolumniations being two Diameters and a Quarter. 1775R. Chandler Trav. Asia M. (1825) I. 152 The Temple was in antis, or of the eustyle species. 1832Gell Pompeiana I. v. 80 The distance of two diameters and a half called the eustyle. 1876Gwilt Archit. 839 The diastyle and eustyle intercolumniations are very convenient in use. |