tableau Definition
tab·leau (tab′lō′, ta blō′)
noun pl. -·leaux′-lōz′, -blōz′ or -·leaus
- a striking, dramatic scene or picture
- tableau vivant
Etymology: Fr < OFr tablel, dim. of table: see table
tableau Synonyms
tableau Usage Examples
Converse of object
- construct: Let us now construct a tableau for our example.
- create: The coronation scene, with the imposing throne and the gorgeous costumes, created a striking tableau.
- move: The third compartment features a three-dimensional moving tableau of a torture scene.
- form: He created a perfect baby... Actors move quietly to form a Nativity tableau.
- make: Give them 5 seconds to make a frozen tableau of the photo.
- present: But, presenting a tableau of a period in process and witnessing the birth and death of varying perspectives is not Vickers ' aim.
Adjective modifier
- semantic: We develop a theory of semantic tableaux for BI, thereby providing an elegant basis for efficient theorem proving tools for BI.
- final: The show ends in a carefully composed final tableau which recalls the formal construction of the piece.
- large: To the other side of the chair, on the south facing wall, is a large tableau, possibly of images from dreams.
- historical: On a truly monumental canvas that rivaled the grand scale of the historical tableau [ comma out ] ?
- little: Off to the right was a little tableau, promising a grisly outcome.
- new: So the new tableau could, for example, display a deck of images and provide zooming.
Modifies a noun
- vivants: The cooking at L'Atelier rolls past, a series of tableaux vivants each capturing a moment of glorious French cooking in its purest form.
- vivant: Our entrance, picked up by sensors, has set off a tableau vivant.
- rule: The logical symbols and tableaux rules to be used are those found in Wifred Hodges, Logic ( Penguin Books ).
- system: A few years ago, Colin Stirling and David Walker produced a tableau system for model-checking the linear time mu-calculus on finite systems.
- method: The tableau method provides us with of way of testing for inconsistency.
Noun used with modifier
- child: Detailed Description A tableau which renders its child tableaux as a rectangular grid.
- nativity: He created a perfect baby... Actors move quietly to form a Nativity tableau.
- opening: Seventeen women showed up for the first rehearsal, all of whom Balanchine managed to deploy in an ingenious opening tableau.
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