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  1. 1. n. An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature. Source: opted
  2. 2. An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature. Source: webster
  3. 3. An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equalintervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightlyprojecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel andperpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts,or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut uponeach of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. ofEntablature. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature. Source: ecdict

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