diptych
(noun) a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
diptych (plural diptyches)
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
(arts) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church.
A catalogue of saints.
Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence transferred to a list of magistrates
• a. a literary work consisting of two contrasting parts (as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view)
• b. any work made up of two matching parts treating complementary or contrasting pictorial phases of one general topic
• (art): polyptych
Source: Wiktionary
Dip"tych, n. Etym: [L. diptycha, pl., fr. Gr.
1. Anything consisting of two leaves. Especially: (a) (Roman Antiq.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within. (b) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.
2. A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
