Definitions for pteron

pteron pte·ron

Spelling: [ter-on]
IPA: /ˈtɛr ɒn/

Pteron is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in pteron (enoprt).

Definitions for pteron

noun

  1. (in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
  2. the space between this and the cella.

Origin of pteron

1840-50; Latin Greek pterón literally, wing

Examples for pteron

The 838 pteron consisted (according to Pliny) of thirty-six columns of the Ionic order, enclosing a square cella.

Greek, pteron, a wing, the feathery fronds suggesting the wings of a bird.

Above the pteron rose the pyramid, mounting by 24 steps to an apex or pedestal.

It comes from two Greek words orthos, meaning straight, and pteron, meaning a wing.

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