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Definition of Apteral
1. Adjective. Having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides.
Antonyms: Peripteral
2. Adjective. (of insects) without wings.
Definition of Apteral
1. a. Apterous.
Definition of Apteral
1. Adjective. (zoology) apterous ¹
2. Adjective. (architecture) Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apteral
1. apterous [adj] - See also: apterous
Medical Definition of Apteral
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Apteral
Literary usage of Apteral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquities and Marbles in the British Museum: Including the Townley ...by British Museum by British Museum (1848)
"TEMPLE OF apteral VICTORY.—No. 159, Part I. COMBAT BETWEEN THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS.
ON the steps which led to the higher part of the Acropolis stood a small ..."
2. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1834)
"... but if the outer columns of the fronts, with the ranges along the flanks, were
removed, the temple would then be apteral, as it would be also ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1858)
"A now abai doned British settlement was made on tb strait in 1824. apteral (Gr.
a priv. and impo», an architectural term, nsed particularly reference to the ..."
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