† intercolumnationn.
Architecture. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > unit of proportion based on column diameter > proportioning by > spacing of columns
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1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 131 Intercolumnation signifies the distance or voyd between Pillar and Pillar.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 129/1 This new Arch may quite fill up the old intercolumnation, or aperture between the Ribs.
1757 T. Langley Builder's Jewel 25 The proper Intercolumnations, or just Distances, that the Columns of every Order must be placed in from each other.
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