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Meaning of PSEUDO-DIPTERAL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pseu`do-dip"ter*al\, a. [Pseudo- + dipteral:
cf. F. pseudodipt[`e]re.] (Arch.)
Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as 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. -- n. A
pseudo-dipteral temple.
 
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