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Columniation Columniation Co*lum`ni*a"tion, n.
The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure.
--Gwilt.
Intercolumniation Intercolumniation In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion, n. (Arch.)
The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom
of their shafts. --Gwilt.
Note: It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in
terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the
bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in
use to denote certain common 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; Ar[ae]ostyle, of four or more,
and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used
instead of stone; Ar[ae]osystyle, when the
intercolumniations are alternately systyle and
ar[ae]ostyle.
Supercolumniation Supercolumniation Su`per*co*lum`ni*a"tion, n. (Arch.)
The putting of one order above another; also, an
architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting
of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and
Corinthian or Composite above this.
