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tableau (iou)



tableau noun. . L17.
[French from Old French tablel dim. of table TABLE noun: see -EL2.]
1. A picture; fig. a picturesque presentation or description. L17.
Apollo One tableau showed the costumes that might have been worn to Madame Bovary's..wedding.
2. A table, a schedule; an official list. L18.
b. Math. In full simplex tableau. A table displaying the constraints in problems of the type soluble by the simplex method. M20.
3. a. A group of people etc. forming a picturesque scene. E19.
b. = tableau vivant below. E19.
J. Baldwin We..stood there as though we were posing for a tableau.
c. Theatrical. A motionless representation of the action at some (esp. critical) stage in a play; a stage direction for this. Also (transf.), the sudden creation of a striking or dramatic situation. M19.
R. Lindner They faced each other, frozen in a tableau of mutual hatred. Dance A succession of tableaux and mock ballets.
4. Cards. The arrangement of the cards as laid out in a game of patience. L19.
Phrases: tableau vivant a silent and motionless representation of a character, scene, incident, etc., by a person or group of people; transf. a picturesque actual scene.
Comb.: tableau curtain Theatrical each of a pair of curtains drawn open by a diagonal cord.