metope

[met-uh-pee, -ohp]

met·o·pe

[met-uh-pee, -ohp]
noun Architecture.
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
Also called intertriglyph.


Origin:
1555–65; < Greek metópē
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Metope is always a great word to know.
So is elevation. Does it mean:
a drawing that represents an object or structure as being projected geometrically on a vertical plane parallel to one of its sides
having the form of an ogee or double curve, such as a bar of tracery
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metope (ˈmɛtəʊp, ˈmɛtəpɪ)
 
n
architect a square space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze
 
[C16: via Latin from Greek metopē, from meta between + opē one of the holes for the beam-ends]

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