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ˈsemi-column Arch.
[semi- 7 e; cf. med.L. semi-columnium (Isidore).]
The half of a column cut longitudinally.
1715Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) I. 52 Halls..surrounded with semi-columns. 1862Parthenon 26 July 400 The walls projecting from the cella terminated in two semi⁓columns, instead of square pilasters. 1875Brash Eccl. Archit. Irel. 99 The flank walls..are..divided by semi⁓columns.
Hence ˌsemicoˈlumnar a., of the form of a semi-column; Bot. applied to stems, etc. shaped like half a cylinder cut lengthwise.
1793Martyn Lang. Bot. (1796), Semiteres, semicolumnar. 1849Dana Geol. iii. (1850) 274 Walls of semi-columnar lava. |