ditriglyph

di·tri·glyph

[dahy-trahy-glif]
noun (in Doric architecture)
1.
the distance, on centers, between a metope and the second one distant.
2.
an intercolumniation having two whole triglyphs.

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

di·tri·glyph·ic, adjective
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