triglyph

    [trī′glif]

 

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noun
in a Doric frieze, a slightly projecting, rectangular block occurring at regular intervals and having two vertical grooves (glyphs) and two chamfers or half grooves at the sides

Origin: L triglyphus from Glassical Greek triglyphos: see tri- and amp; glyph

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adjective Architecture
An ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of a projecting block having on its face two parallel vertical glyphs or grooves and two half grooves or chamfers on either vertical end, that separates the metopes.

Origin: Latin trīglyphus, from Greek trigluphos : tri-, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + gluphē, carving; see glyph.

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  • tri·glyphˈic adjective

triglyph

triglyph

entablature of a Doric order building

A. triglyph

B. metope

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