In architecture, a spacing arrangement where columns are approximately four diameters apart, more spaced than areostyle but less than diastyle.
From Greek 'areos' (sparse) + 'systyle' (connected by columns). A technical term refined in 17th-18th century architectural discourse as classical orders were systematically categorized.
Renaissance architects became obsessed with cataloging every possible column-spacing system—they had as many column names as wine experts have grape varieties!
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