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Definition of: triglyph
(trī′glif) noun Archit.
An ornament in a Doric frieze consisting of a tablet with three parallel vertical channels or glyphs, and standing on each side of the metopes. [<L triglyphus <Gk. triglyphos thrice grooved <tri- three + glyphē a carving <glyphein carve, engrave]
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