tableau
(noun) any dramatic scene
tableau, tableau vivant
(noun) a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tableau (plural tableaux or tableaus)
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.
Synonym: tableau vivant
(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 table (two-dimensional presentation of data).
(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.
• tabulae, tabulæ
Source: Wiktionary
Ta`bleau", n.; pl. Tableaux. Etym: [F., dim. fr. L. tabula a painting. See Table.]
1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
2. A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
