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polyptychs

polyptychs is the plural of polyptych.

Meaning of polyptych

Noun

polyptych (plural polyptychs)

  1. A work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together, often with hinges.
    • [...], a polyptych is a painting with more than one section – a diptych is a painting in two parts or sections, a triptych in three, and so on. Perhaps the most famous polyptych is the Ghent Altarpiece by the early Flemish painters Hubert and Jan van Eyck.2021 September 7, Reginald Wiebe, Polyptych: Adaptation, Television, and Comics, Vernon Press, →ISBN

Questions about polyptychs

What is polyptychs the plural of?
Polyptychs is the plural of polyptych.

Words near polyptychs in the dictionary

  1. polyptotes
  2. polyptoton
  3. polyptotonic
  4. polyptotons
  5. polyptych
  6. polyptychs
  7. polypurine
  8. polypurines
  9. polypurinic
  10. polypus
  11. polypuses

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