ALL meanings of apteral
ap·ter·al
A a - adjective apteral (esp of a classical temple) not having columns at the sides 3
- adjective apteral (of a church) having no aisles 3
- adjective apteral having columns at one or both ends, but not along the sides 3
- abbreviation APTERAL apterous 3
- noun apteral (zoology) apterous. 1
- adjective apteral (of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral. 1
- adjective apteral (of a church) having no aisles. 1
- adjective apteral (of a church façade) revealing no aisles. 1
- adjective apteral (architecture) Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle. 0