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Definition of Amphistylar

1. Adjective. Having columns either at both ends or at both sides.

2. Adjective. Marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphistylar

amphiprotic solvent amphiregulin amphirhina amphisbaena amphisbaenas amphisbaenic amphisbaenoid amphisbæna amphisbænas amphisbænæ

amphisome amphisomes amphistomatic amphistome amphistomous amphistylar (current term) amphistylic amphitheater amphitheaterlike amphitheaters

amphitheatral amphitheatre amphitheatres amphitheatric amphitheatrical amphitheatrically amphithymia amphitrichate amphitrichous amphitrocha

Literary usage of Amphistylar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"... and the term amphistylar (more common in scientific uses) may te applied to buildings having columns at each end (see ..."

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