ditriglyph

[dahy-trahy-glif]

noun (in Doric architecture)

the distance, on centers, between a metope and the second one distant.

an intercolumniation having two whole triglyphs.

Origin:
1720–30; < French ditriglyphe. See di-¹, triglyph

Related forms

di·tri·glyph·ic, adjective

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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