On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Triglyph. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Triglyph meaning
A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
Using Triglyph
- The main meaning on this page is: A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
- In the example corpus, triglyph often appears in combinations such as: triglyph is, corner triglyph, last triglyph.
Context around Triglyph
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Triglyph
- In this selection, "triglyph" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, corner, last, final and iii stand out and add context to how "triglyph" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a triglyph is a and a triglyph is centered. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "triglyph" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with triglyph
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, final triglyph and column were often not centered. (9 words)
Even worse, the last triglyph was not centered with the corresponding column. (12 words)
Another approach was to apply a broader corner triglyph (III.) but was not really satisfying. (15 words)
A triglyph is centered above every column, with another (or sometimes two) between columns, though the Greeks felt that the corner triglyph should form the corner of the entablature, creating an inharmonious mismatch with the supporting column. (37 words)
Under each triglyph are peglike "stagons" or "guttae" (literally: drops) that appear as if they were hammered in from below to stabilize the post-and-beam ( trabeated ) construction. (28 words)
Triglyphs could be arranged in a harmonic manner again, and the corner was terminated with a triglyph. (17 words)
Example sentences (9)
A triglyph is centered above every column, with another (or sometimes two) between columns, though the Greeks felt that the corner triglyph should form the corner of the entablature, creating an inharmonious mismatch with the supporting column.
Another approach was to apply a broader corner triglyph (III.) but was not really satisfying.
A triglyph is a unit consisting of three vertical bands which are separated by grooves.
Even worse, the last triglyph was not centered with the corresponding column.
However, final triglyph and column were often not centered.
The endmost triglyph is centered over the column rather than occupying the corner of the architrave.
Triglyphs could be arranged in a harmonic manner again, and the corner was terminated with a triglyph.
Triglyphs were arranged regularly; the last triglyph was centred upon the last column (illustration, right: I.).
Under each triglyph are peglike "stagons" or "guttae" (literally: drops) that appear as if they were hammered in from below to stabilize the post-and-beam ( trabeated ) construction.
Common combinations with triglyph
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- triglyph is 3×
- corner triglyph 2×
- last triglyph 2×
- triglyph was 2×