Definition of dipteral in English:
dipteral
adjective ˈdɪpt(ə)r(ə)lˈdɪptərəl
Architecture Having a double peristyle.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was tripteral octastyle on the two narrow sides, and dipteral eikosastyle on the long sides, that is, it was surrounded by 104 Corinthian columns in total.
- For from the plan of the dipteral temple he removed the interior rows of the thirty-four columns, and in that manner abridged the expense and the work.
- The temple is dipteral with eight columns.
- Following the regional tradition, the temple was built as a gigantic decastyle dipteral structure, with a cavernous porch extending - almost like an Egyptian hypostyle hall - five columns deep!
- The temple we see today is an Ionic structure measuring 60 x 118 m, with a dipteral arrangement of two rows of columns with 21 on each side and 10 at each end.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Latin dipteros (from Greek, from di- 'twice' + pteron 'wing') + -al.
Definition of dipteral in US English:
dipteral
adjectiveˈdiptərəlˈdɪptərəl
Architecture Having a double peristyle.
Example sentencesExamples
- Following the regional tradition, the temple was built as a gigantic decastyle dipteral structure, with a cavernous porch extending - almost like an Egyptian hypostyle hall - five columns deep!
- For from the plan of the dipteral temple he removed the interior rows of the thirty-four columns, and in that manner abridged the expense and the work.
- It was tripteral octastyle on the two narrow sides, and dipteral eikosastyle on the long sides, that is, it was surrounded by 104 Corinthian columns in total.
- The temple we see today is an Ionic structure measuring 60 x 118 m, with a dipteral arrangement of two rows of columns with 21 on each side and 10 at each end.
- The temple is dipteral with eight columns.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Latin dipteros (from Greek, from di- ‘twice’ + pteron ‘wing’) + -al.