Triglyphs is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Triglyphs meaning
plural of triglyph
Using Triglyphs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of triglyph
- In the example corpus, triglyphs often appears in combinations such as: the triglyphs, triglyphs are, triglyphs were.
Context around Triglyphs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Triglyphs
- In this selection, "triglyphs" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, caused stand out and add context to how "triglyphs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the triglyphs were real and between the triglyphs are the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "triglyphs" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with triglyphs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The spaces between the triglyphs are the "metopes". (8 words)
Triglyphs were arranged regularly; the last triglyph was centred upon the last column (illustration, right: I.). (16 words)
However, at the corners of the building, the triglyphs do not fall over the centre the column. (17 words)
In the case of Ionic and Corinthian architecture, the relief decoration runs in a continuous band, but in the Doric Order, it is divided into sections called "metopes" which fill the spaces between vertical rectangular blocks called "triglyphs". (38 words)
Since the original design probably came from wooden temples and the triglyphs were real heads of wooden beams, every column had to bear a beam which lay across the centre of the column. (33 words)
The triglyphs are decoratively grooved with two vertical grooves ("tri-glyph") and represent the original wooden end-beams, which rest on the plain architrave that occupies the lower half of the entablature. (32 words)
Example sentences (10)
Summerson, 13-15, 126 Spacing the triglyphs The spacing of the triglyphs caused problems which took some time to resolve.
The frieze is divided into triglyphs and metopes, the triglyphs, as stated elsewhere in this article, are a reminder of the timber history of the architectural style.
However, at the corners of the building, the triglyphs do not fall over the centre the column.
In the case of Ionic and Corinthian architecture, the relief decoration runs in a continuous band, but in the Doric Order, it is divided into sections called "metopes" which fill the spaces between vertical rectangular blocks called "triglyphs".
Since the original design probably came from wooden temples and the triglyphs were real heads of wooden beams, every column had to bear a beam which lay across the centre of the column.
The spaces between the triglyphs are the "metopes".
The triglyphs are decoratively grooved with two vertical grooves ("tri-glyph") and represent the original wooden end-beams, which rest on the plain architrave that occupies the lower half of the entablature.
The triglyphs are vertically grooved like the Doric columns, and retain the form of the wooden beams that would once have supported the roof.
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.).
Common combinations with triglyphs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: