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Triglyph

British pronunciation/tɹˈɪɡlɪf/
American pronunciation/tɹˈɪɡlɪf/
Triglyph
[NOUN]
1

a decorative element consisting of vertical rectangular blocks with three vertical grooves called glyphs

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1Triglyphs are triple striated bands.
2You see the triglyphs and metopes.
3So this alteration of triple striated bands, the triglyphs, and the square panels, the metopes, which is typical of the Doric order, the Greek Doric order.
4We're about to enter into the Greek Propylaia of the fifth century B.C. Note the Doric columns, the triglyphs and metopes, of fifth-century Greek architecture.
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