amphistylar

am·phi·sty·lar

A0265700 (ăm′fĭ-stī′lər)adj. Having columns at both front and back or on each side, as some Greek temples.

[From amphi- + Greek stūlos, pillar; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

amphistylar

(ˌæmfɪˈstaɪlə) adj (Architecture) (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sidesn (Architecture) a temple of this kind

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1.amphistylar - having columns either at both ends or at both sidescolumned - having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form); "a columned portico"; "trees with columned trunks"; "white-columned houses"

2.amphistylar - marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structureamphiprostylar, amphiprostyle, porticoedapteral - having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides

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adj having columns either at both ends or at both sides

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adj marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure

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