intercolumniation
Americannoun
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the space between two adjacent columns, usually the clear space between the lower parts of the shafts.
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the system of spacing between columns.
noun
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the horizontal distance between two adjacent columns
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the system of spacing for a set of columns
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of intercolumniation
1655–65; < Latin intercolumni ( um ) space between columns ( see inter-, column, -ium) + -ation
Example Sentences
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The hall, likewise, is adorned with rows of columns executed in perspective, which, with the depth of the intercolumniation, cause it to appear much larger.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto by Gaston du C. De Vere
He says also that the architraves and friezes differed from one intercolumniation to another, and that some of them were inscribed with the names and praises of Titus, Trajan, Gallienus, and others.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
The low wall in the southernmost intercolumniation which for some reason was not completely closed was three courses high.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
Now it seems very probable that the unusual construction at the corner is the result of an attempt to build a substitute wall for that which could not be placed in the southern intercolumniation.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
The construction will be diastyle when we can insert the thickness of three columns in an intercolumniation, as in the case of the temple of Apollo and Diana.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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