PERIPTERY


Meaning of PERIPTERY in English

pəˈript(ə)rē noun

( -es )

Etymology: Latin & Greek peripter os + English -y

1. : peripteros

2. : the region surrounding a moving body (as the wing of a bird or a gliding airplane) within which cyclic or vortical motions of the air occur

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