triptych
IPA: trˈɪptɪk
noun
- (art) A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.
- (by extension) A group of three people or works, especially when considered representative of a particular field or theme.
- (film) A film or video sequence intended to be shown on a triple screen with the use of linked projectors.
- (philately) A set of three se-tenant postage stamps that form a composite picture.
- (figurative) Any set of three closely connected ideas or objects.
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Examples of "triptych" in Sentences
- The mural was designed as a triptych.
- The painting is in the form of a triptych.
- The word triptych came from Greek, meaning threefold.
- The triptych was the one her father had stolen from Sean.
- The richly carved altar triptych and the pulpit are from 1586.
- His masterpiece is the triptych 'The Garden of Earthly Delights'.
- Rhett Judice designed the triptych replacing the Falkner painting.
- The link on triptych goes to an article based on the literal meaning.
- This painting is probably a working model for the triptych The Epiphany.
- The images displayed on the triptych focused on storm and water imagery.
- I will find these sources and change the word to triptych in the article.
- Sylvia Hahn also painted the triptych behind the Lady Altar in the south aisle.
- The other was a medieval triptych, which is a fancy word for a carving set into three folding panels.
- The elegant main altarpiece or retablo, a large triptych, is thought to be the oldest surviving work of its kind in Mexico.
- Probably the coolest feature of the DVD is the option to watch the film in triptych form, with three takes of the same scenes playing simultaneously.
- By 2000, she says, she wanted to divide her life into a "triptych" -- participating in cultural institutions, performing charitable service and earning "my money for eating bread."
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