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Pycnostyle
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(Gr. 7rvrcv6s, close, compact, and cTaos, column), the architectural term given by Vitruvius to the intercolumniation of_the columns of a temple, when this was equal to 12 diameters.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pycnostyle'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pycnostyle.html. 1910.