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Definition of Araeosystyle

Araeosystyle
Intercolumniation In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion, n. (Arch.) The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. --Gwilt. Note: It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in use to denote certain common proportions. They are: Pycnostyle, when the intercolumniation is of one and a half diameters; Systyle, of two diameters; Eustyle, of two and a quarter diameters; Diastyle, of three diameters; Ar[ae]ostyle, of four or more, and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used instead of stone; Ar[ae]osystyle, when the intercolumniations are alternately systyle and ar[ae]ostyle.
Araeosystyle
Araeosystyle A*r[ae]`o*sys"tyle, a. & n. [Gr. ? as intervals + ?. See Systyle.] (Arch.) See Intercolumniation.

Meaning of Araeosystyle from wikipedia

- intercolumniation is alternately wide and narrow, a colonnade may be termed "araeosystyle" (Gr. αραιος, "widely spaced", and συστυλος, "with columns set close...
- στυλόω (stulóō) amphiprostyle, amphistyly, anastylosis, araeostyle, araeosystyle, blastostyle, diastyle, epistyle, eustyle, hexastyle, hyostyly, hypostyle...
- interval between columns necessitates the use of a wooden architrave. Araeosystyle An architectural term applied to a colonnade, in which the intercolumniation...
- more diameters, requiring a wooden architrave rather than one of stone Araeosystyle Alternating araeostyle and systyle Vitruvius's definitions seem to apply...
- στυλόω (stulóō) amphiprostyle, amphistyly, anastylosis, araeostyle, araeosystyle, blastostyle, diastyle, epistyle, eustyle, hexastyle, hyostyly, hypostyle...