Eustyle - With an arrangement of columns two and a quarter diameters apart.
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eustyle
Intercolumniation defined by Vitruvius as being of the best proportion, i.e. two and a half diameters.
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Intercolumniation is basically a system of spacing between columns - Eustyle, (from Greek, stulos, a column) the most common is 2.25 diameters between columns. An engaged column is a column where a part is in contact with a wall.
 See also: Architecture, Moulding, Classical architecture, Intercolumniation, Classical
  
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