Pseudo-dipteral

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pseudo-dipteral \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.
     [1913 Webster]