tableau

IPA: tʌbɫˈoʊ

A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture.
(UK, dated) Hence, an arrangement of actors in static positions on stage, having the effect of pointing up a particular moment in the drama, conventionally revealed by opening tableau curtains (known as "tabs").
(mathematics) A two-dimensional array or table of data, usually numbers, of various specific kinds.
(linguistics, optimality theory) A table that shows constraint violations of a list of candidates given an input and a constraint ranking.
(card games) Mostly in solitaire card games, but also in other card and board games, the main area, where random cards can be arranged.
(logic) A semantic tableau.
(theater) unit of a play, an opera or a ballet with change of stage setting.

Examples of "tableau" in Sentences

The whole tableau is a high school nightmare come to life.
The killings of the crew men were enacted in tableau fashion.
It would have puzzled him to stand in tableau for the Earl of
The last tableau is of the iconic group looking down on Switzerland.
Eight hours 'work coverts a lump of inert snow into a classic tableau from the Simpsons.
This sculptured tableau is divided horizontally by the river Orontes, represented by the zigzag lines.
The most impressive tableau is the pop-up of a large Mos Eisley spaceport where our heroes Luke and Obi-Wan first met Han and Chewie.
"This is a comeback and a personal project, and from the very opening frame - a gorgeous opening-title tableau - I could see Coppola straining very hard to make it count," writes Glenn Kenny.