Intercolumnar


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In`ter`co`lum´nar


a.1.Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.
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The intercolumnar space is filled by massive dense to peloidal micrite intervals covered by finely laminated intervals that laterally link the minicolumnnar mesoclots.
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The colonnade ran for twenty-two intercolumnar bays and was paved with a mosaic of white marble tesserae arranged in radiating concentric arcs.
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