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Webster 1913 Edition
monopteral
mo-nop′ter-al
(mō̍-nŏp′tẽr-al)
, Adj.
[Gr.
μονόπτεροσ
with a row of pillars only; μόνοσ
alone, only + πτερόν
feather, wing, also, a row of pillars: cf. F. monoptère
.] (Arch.)
Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; – said esp. of a temple.