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tableau Definition

tab·leau (tablō′, ta blō)

noun pl. -·leaux′-lōz′, -blōz or -·leaus

  1. a striking, dramatic scene or picture
  2. tableau vivant

Etymology: Fr < OFr tablel, dim. of table: see table

tableau Synonyms

tableau

n.

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.