- In
classical architecture, a
pteron (Ancient Gr****: πτερον, 'wing') is an
external colonnade around a building,
especially an
Ancient Gr**** temple. The...
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measured 18,75x50,01m at the stylobate. The
number of the
originally wooden pteron columns was 6x16 (hexastyle). Τhe
wooden columns were
later replaced with...
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around 510 BC, with the
stylobate measuring 21.00 x 43.00 m. The
number of
pteron column was 6 x 14.
Dreros (Crete). The
temple of
Apollo Delphinios dates...
- and the
number of
pteron columns was 6X13. An
Ionic frieze carried across pteron and
continued round interior of each end of
pteron. The
cella with porches...
- and
order Dermoptera, from
Ancient Gr**** δέρμα (dérma) "skin" and πτερόν (
pterón) "wing".
Colugos are nocturnal, tree-dwelling mammals. They
reach lengths...
- name is
derived from the Gr****
words helix, helik-,
meaning spiral; and
pteron meaning wing. The
helicopter rotor is
powered by the engine,
through the...
- An
ornithopter (from Gr**** ornis, ornith- 'bird' and
pteron 'wing') is an
aircraft that
flies by
flapping its wings.
Designers sought to
imitate the flapping-wing...
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Chiroptera derives from
Ancient Gr****: χείρ – kheír, 'hand' and πτερόν –
pterón, 'wing'. The
delicate skeletons of bats do not
fossilise well; it is estimated...
- to be made. The
building consisted of five parts—a ba****t or podium, a
pteron or
enclosure of columns, a pyramid, a
pedestal and a
chariot group. The...
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action is also
reflected in the
genus name Pterodroma, from
Ancient Gr****
pteron, "wing" and dromos, " runner". This
species is
named after the
Italian zoologist...
