Definition of Pteron. Meaning of Pteron. Synonyms of Pteron

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Definition of Pteron

Pteron
Pteron Pte"ron, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wing.] (Anat.) The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other.

Meaning of Pteron from wikipedia

- Pteron (Gr. πτερον, "wing") is an architectural term meaning the external colonnade around a building, especially an Ancient Gr**** temple. The pteroma...
- around 510 BC, with the stylobate measuring 21,00 x 43,00 m. The number of pteron column was 6 x 14. Dreros (Crete). The temple of Apollo Delphinios dates...
- to be made. The building consisted of five parts—a ba****t or podium, a pteron or enclosure of columns, a pyramid, a pedestal and a chariot group. The...
- Binomial name Lepidochrysops pterou (Bethune-Baker, [1923]) Synonyms Neochrysops pterou Bethune-Baker, [1923] Euchrysops pteron lilacina Ungemach, 1932...
- measured 18,75x50,01m at the stylobate. The number of the originally wooden pteron columns was 6x16 (hexastyle). Τhe wooden columns were later replaced with...
- and the number of pteron columns was 6X13. An Ionic frieze carried across pteron and continued round interior of each end of pteron. The cella with porches...
- Lepidopterology (from Ancient Gr**** λεπίδος (lepídos) 'scale', πτερόν (pterón) 'wing', and -λογία (-logia)) is a branch of entomology concerning the scientific...
- (ἕλιξ), genitive helikos (ἕλῐκος), "helix, spiral, whirl, convolution" and pteron (πτερόν) "wing". In a process of rebracketing, the word is often (erroneously...
- "Chiroptera" derives from Ancient Gr****: χείρ – cheir, "hand" and πτερόν – pteron, "wing". The delicate skeletons of bats do not fossilise well; it is estimated...
- Diptera, the name being derived from the Gr**** δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the...