periptery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.
    — F. W. (Frederick William) Lanchester, "Aerial Flight - Volume 1", Chapter IV, p.139 Wing Form and Motion in the Periptery
  2. A building surrounded by a wing or row of columns.

词形变化

peripteries plural

词源

From peri- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
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