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Cyclostyle

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. Kilaos, a circle, and 6TUXos, a column), a term used in architecture. A structure composed of a circular range of columns without a core is cyclostylar; with a core the range would be peristyle. This is the species of edifice called by Vitruvius monopteral.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cyclostyle'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cyclostyle.html. 1910.
 
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