Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
dibromide
dibromoethane
dibs
dicalcium phosphate
dicarboxylic acid
dice
dicentra
dicephalous
dicey
dichasium
dichlorodifluoromethane
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
dichloroethane
dichloroethene
dichloromethane
dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
dichogamy
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

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"]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft