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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PSEUDO-DIPTERAL
Pseu `do-dip "
ter
*
al,
a.
Etym:
[
Pseudo-
+
dipteral:
cf.
F.
pseudodiptère.] (
Arch.
)
Defn:
Falsely
or
imperfectly
dipteral,
as
a
temple
with
the
inner
range
of
columns
surrounding
the
cella
omitted,
so
that
the
space
between
the
cella
wall
and
the
columns
is
very
great,
being
equal
to
two
intercolumns
and
one
column.
-- n.
Defn: A
pseudo-dipteral
temple.