adjective
- (of a building, especially a classical temple) having no wings or side aisles; lacking columns along the sides.
Usage: architecture; formal
Examples
- The apteral design of the small chapel made it appear more compact and austere.
- Unlike peripteral temples, apteral structures do not have colonnades surrounding their perimeter.
- The architect chose an apteral layout to simplify construction and reduce costs.
- Ancient Greek apteral buildings were less common than their columned counterparts.