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单词 intercolumniation
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Definition of intercolumniation in English:

intercolumniation

noun ˌɪntəkəlʌmnɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nˌɪn(t)ərkəˌləmniˈeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounArchitecture
  • The distance between adjacent columns of a building.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his treatise Vitruvius listed different intercolumniation types: 3 diameters for diastilos, 2.25 diameters for eustilos, 2 diameters for eustylos and 1.25 diameters for picnostylos.
    • For columns with these diameters in diastyle, the intercolumniation would have measured between 1.80 m and 2.90 m (2.40 m for a bottom diameter of 0.60 m).
    • Hawksmoor's intercolumniation is 18 feet, a formidable span for a stone entablature.
    • The gigantic temples of antiquity could never have been constructed had the architects adhered to the notion that the distance of two diameters and a half, called the eustyle, for the intercolumniation was essential, for architraves could not have been procured.
    • He saw the distance between the columns as an integral part of each order, with for instance two and a quarter column diameters serving as the intercolumniation for the Ionic order, and two for the Corinthian.

Derivatives

  • intercolumnar

  • adjective ˌɪntəkəˈlʌmnəˌɪn(t)ərkəˈləmnər
    Architecture
    • There are no intercolumnar bracket sets, and the hall has no ceiling: its roof frame is entirely exposed.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An orator chooses images based on points of an argument or facts of a case that need to be remembered and relies on a stock set of architectural spaces, like a house or intercolumnar space, to serve as backgrounds.
 
 

Definition of intercolumniation in US English:

intercolumniation

nounˌin(t)ərkəˌləmnēˈāSH(ə)nˌɪn(t)ərkəˌləmniˈeɪʃ(ə)n
Architecture
  • The distance between two adjacent columns.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his treatise Vitruvius listed different intercolumniation types: 3 diameters for diastilos, 2.25 diameters for eustilos, 2 diameters for eustylos and 1.25 diameters for picnostylos.
    • Hawksmoor's intercolumniation is 18 feet, a formidable span for a stone entablature.
    • The gigantic temples of antiquity could never have been constructed had the architects adhered to the notion that the distance of two diameters and a half, called the eustyle, for the intercolumniation was essential, for architraves could not have been procured.
    • For columns with these diameters in diastyle, the intercolumniation would have measured between 1.80 m and 2.90 m (2.40 m for a bottom diameter of 0.60 m).
    • He saw the distance between the columns as an integral part of each order, with for instance two and a quarter column diameters serving as the intercolumniation for the Ionic order, and two for the Corinthian.
 
 
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