Glossary of Medical Terms

Our online medical glossary of medical terms and definitions includes definitions for terms related to treatment, and general medicine

INTERCOLUMNIATION

The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the bottom. Various words, derived from the Greek, are in use to denote determined general proportions. They are: Pycnostyle, when the intercolumniation is of one and a half diameters; Systyle, of two diameters; Eustyle, of two and a quarter diameters; Diastyle, of three diameters; Araeostyle, of four or more, and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used instead of stone; Araeosystyle, when the intercolumniations are alternately systyle and araeostyle. Source: Websters Vocabulary
spinster   spinstress   spintharicon   spinthariscope   spin trapping   spinulescent   spiny   spiodea   (0)
© 2006-2024 med-word.com Last Updated On: 03/23/2024 (0.03)