Definition of intercolumniation in English:
intercolumniation
noun ˌɪntəkəlʌmnɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nˌɪn(t)ərkəˌləmniˈeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounArchitecture The distance between adjacent columns of a building.
Example sentencesExamples
- In his treatise Vitruvius listed different intercolumniation types: 3 diameters for diastilos, 2.25 diameters for eustilos, 2 diameters for eustylos and 1.25 diameters for picnostylos.
- For columns with these diameters in diastyle, the intercolumniation would have measured between 1.80 m and 2.90 m (2.40 m for a bottom diameter of 0.60 m).
- Hawksmoor's intercolumniation is 18 feet, a formidable span for a stone entablature.
- The gigantic temples of antiquity could never have been constructed had the architects adhered to the notion that the distance of two diameters and a half, called the eustyle, for the intercolumniation was essential, for architraves could not have been procured.
- He saw the distance between the columns as an integral part of each order, with for instance two and a quarter column diameters serving as the intercolumniation for the Ionic order, and two for the Corinthian.
Definition of intercolumniation in US English:
intercolumniation
nounˌin(t)ərkəˌləmnēˈāSH(ə)nˌɪn(t)ərkəˌləmniˈeɪʃ(ə)n
Architecture The distance between two adjacent columns.
Example sentencesExamples
- In his treatise Vitruvius listed different intercolumniation types: 3 diameters for diastilos, 2.25 diameters for eustilos, 2 diameters for eustylos and 1.25 diameters for picnostylos.
- Hawksmoor's intercolumniation is 18 feet, a formidable span for a stone entablature.
- The gigantic temples of antiquity could never have been constructed had the architects adhered to the notion that the distance of two diameters and a half, called the eustyle, for the intercolumniation was essential, for architraves could not have been procured.
- For columns with these diameters in diastyle, the intercolumniation would have measured between 1.80 m and 2.90 m (2.40 m for a bottom diameter of 0.60 m).
- He saw the distance between the columns as an integral part of each order, with for instance two and a quarter column diameters serving as the intercolumniation for the Ionic order, and two for the Corinthian.