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SYLLABICATION:ar·chi·tec·ton·ic
PRONUNCIATION:  ärk-tk-tnk
VARIANT FORMS: also ar·chi·tec·ton·i·cal (--kl)
ADJECTIVE:1. Of or relating to architecture or design. 2. Having qualities, such as design and structure, that are characteristic of architecture: a work of art forming an architectonic whole. 3. Philosophy Of or relating to the scientific systematization of knowledge.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin architectonicus, architectural, from Greek arkhitektonikos, from arkhitektn, architect. See architect.
OTHER FORMS:archi·tec·toni·cal·lyADVERB
 
 
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