APTERAL

apteral

(adjective) having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides

apterous, apteral

(adjective) (of insects) without wings

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

apteral (not comparable)

(zoology) apterous

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(architecture) Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle.

Antonyms

• (architecture): peripteral

Source: Wiktionary


Ap"ter*al, a.

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Apterous.

2. (Arch.)

Definition: Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral. R. Cyc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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