pycnostyle
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pycnostyle
1555–65; < Latin pycnostȳlus < Greek pyknóstȳlos, equivalent to pyknós pycno- + -stylos -style 2
Example Sentences
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The columns are then to be distributed over the stylobates in the manner above described: close together in the pycnostyle; in the systyle, diastyle, or eustyle, as they are described and arranged above.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
In the pycnostyle, the height should be divided into ten parts, and one of these used for the thickness of the column.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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