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1. (n.) triptych
a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.
2. triptych
a set of three hinged writing tablets, used in antiquity for letters, etc., usu. by inscribing the wax-coated inner surfaces with a stylus.
Etymology: (1725–35; < Gk tríptychos of three plates =tri-tri - +-ptychos, der. of ptýx, s. ptych- plate)
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1. (noun) triptych
art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together)
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1. (noun) triptych
anything in three parts or leaves
2. (noun) triptych
a writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on the middle part
3. (noun) triptych
a picture or altarpiece in three compartments
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