Cyclostyle
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A cyclostyle (from the Greek words for "circle" and "column") is 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 "monopteral" by Vitruvius.[1]
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- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 689.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cyclostyle". Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 689.
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