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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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