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diastyle

di·a·style [ d ə stl ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
having widely spaced columns: describes classical buildings with columns set at intervals equal to three or sometimes four times the diameter of a column, slightly farther apart than in the Doric order



noun  (plural di·a·styles)
Definition:
 
diastyle structure: a diastyle building or colonnade

[Mid-16th century. Directly or via Latin< Greek diastulos "between columns" < stulos "column"]
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