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  1. diastylenoun

    An intercolumnation of three column diameters.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Diastyle

    A sort of edifice where the pillars stand at such a distance from one another, that three diameters of their thickness are allowed for intercolumniation. John Harris

    Etymology: διὰ and στύλος, a pillar.

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  1. diastyle

    In architecture, intercolumniation is the proportional spacing between columns in a colonnade, often expressed as a multiple of the column diameter as measured at the bottom of the shaft. In Classical, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture, intercolumniation was determined by a system described by the first-century BC Roman architect Vitruvius (Vitruvius, De architectura, iii.3.3-10). Vitruvius named five systems of intercolumniation (Pycnostyle, Systyle, Eustyle, Diastyle, and Araeostyle), and warned that when columns are placed three column-diameters or more apart, stone architraves break. According to Vitruvius, the Hellenistic architect Hermogenes (ca. 200 BC) formulated these proportions ("symmetriae") and perfected the Eustyle arrangement, which has an enlarged bay in the center of the façade.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Diastylenoun

    see under Intercolumniation

  2. Etymology: [L. diastylus, Gr. ; dia` through, asunder + pillar, column: cf. F. diastyle.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Diastyle

    dī′a-stīl, adj. (archit.) marked by wide intercolumniation. [Gr.]

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  1. silyated

  2. steadily

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of diastyle in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of diastyle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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