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CYCLOSTYLE (Gr. KUKAos, a circle, and vrvXos, a column)
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CYCLOSTYLE (Gr. KUKAos, a circle, and vrvXos, a column), a term used in architecture. A structure composed of a circular range of columns without a core is cyclostylar; with a core the range would be peristyle. This is the species of edifice called by Vitruvius monopteral.