Periptery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Periptery is a noun meaning (architecture) A building surrounded by a wing or row of columns.
Meaning
(architecture) A building surrounded by a wing or row of columns.
More Meanings
- The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.
Example Sentences
F. W. (Frederick William) Lanchester, "Aerial Flight - Volume 1", Chapter IV, p.139 Wing Form and Motion in the Periptery
Word Forms
- peripteries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include orbit, pericenter, gyre, perigon, aerospace, perigee.
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