triglyph

/trahy-glif/US // ˈtraɪˌglɪf //UK // (ˈtraɪˌɡlɪf) //

三角形,三叉戟,三角形文字,三角形图

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Architecture.
- : 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 chamfers or half grooves at the sides, together counting as a third glyph, and leaving three flat vertical bands on the face of the block.

The capitals of each triglyph are to measure one sixth of a module.
The short band, corresponding to the triglyph, beneath the tnia moulding which crowns the epistyle; the listel.
Triglyph, trī′glif, n. a three-grooved tablet at equal distances along the frieze in Doric architecture.
Thus, in the Doric temple, the triglyph and cornice are unimitative; or imitative only of artificial cuttings of wood.
Hence the metopes next to the corner columns do not come out perfectly square, but are too broad by half the width of a triglyph.