Triglyphic

Triglyphic
Triglyphic Tri*glyph"ic, Triglyphical Tri*glyph"ic*al, a. 1. Consisting of, or pertaining to, triglyphs. [1913 Webster]

2. Containing three sets of characters or sculptures. [1913 Webster]


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  • triglyphic — adjective see triglyph …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • triglyphic — See triglyph. * * * …   Universalium

  • triglyphic — tri·glyph·ic …   English syllables

  • triglyphic — (ˈ)trī|glifik adjective : consisting of, relating to, or adorned with triglyphs * * * triglyphˈic adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑triglyph …   Useful english dictionary

  • Triglyphical — Triglyphic Tri*glyph ic, Triglyphical Tri*glyph ic*al, a. 1. Consisting of, or pertaining to, triglyphs. [1913 Webster] 2. Containing three sets of characters or sculptures. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tri|glyph|i|cal — «try GLIHF uh kuhl», adjective. = triglyphic. (Cf. ↑triglyphic) …   Useful english dictionary

  • triglyph — noun Etymology: Latin triglyphus, from Greek triglyphos, from tri + glyphein to carve more at cleave Date: 1563 a slightly projecting rectangular tablet in a Doric frieze with two vertical channels of V section and two corresponding chamfers or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • triglyph — triglyphed, adj. triglyphic, triglyphical, adj. /truy glif /, n. Archit. a structural member of a Doric frieze, separating two consecutive metopes, and consisting typically of a rectangular block with two vertical grooves or glyphs, and two… …   Universalium

  • triglyph — [ trʌɪglɪf] noun Architecture a tablet in a Doric frieze with three vertical grooves alternating with metopes. Derivatives triglyphic adjective Origin C16: via L. from Gk trigluphos, from tri three + gluphē carving …   English new terms dictionary

  • ditriglyphic — di·triglyphic …   English syllables

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