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architecture: a tablet with three vertical grooves in a Doric frieze
Each triglyph alternates with a metope along the Doric frieze.
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· architecture: a tablet with...
Doric tablet
Word family
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triglyphic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek triglyphos, "three-grooved," formed from tri- ("three") + glyphē ("carving, groove").