Tableau (French for 'little table' literally, also used to mean 'picture'; tableaux or, rarely, tableaus) may refer to:
Arts
* ''Tableau'', a series of four paintings by Piet Mondrian titled ''
Tableau I
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (), after 1906 known as Piet Mondrian (, also , ; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch Painting, painter and Theory of art, art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. ...
'' through to ''Tableau IV''
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Tableau vivant
A (; often shortened to ; plural: ), French language, French for "living picture", is a static scene containing one or more actors or models. They are stationary and silent, usually in costume, carefully posed, with props and/or scenery, and ...
'', a motionless performance evoking a painting or sculpture; or a painting or photograph evoking such a theatrical scene
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Scene (drama)
A scene is a dramatic part of a story, at a specific time and place, between specific characters. The term is used in both filmmaking and theatre, with some distinctions between the two.
Theatre
In drama, a scene is a unit of action, often a s ...
, in opera, ballet, and some other dramatic forms
Games
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Tableau (card game), a specific
patience
(or forbearance) is the ability to endure difficult circumstances. Patience may involve perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding in disrespect/anger; or forbearance when under strain, especially when face ...
card game
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Tableau (cards), the layout in patience and fishing card games
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Tableau (dominoes), the layout in dominoes
Other
* Tableau, another term for a
table
Table may refer to:
* Table (furniture), a piece of furniture with a flat surface and one or more legs
* Table (landform), a flat area of land
* Table (information), a data arrangement with rows and columns
* Table (database), how the table data ...
of data, particularly:
** Cryptographic tableau, or
tabula recta, used in manual cipher systems
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Division tableau
In arithmetic, long division is a standard division algorithm suitable for dividing multi-digit Hindu-Arabic numerals (Positional notation) that is simple enough to perform by hand. It breaks down a division problem into a series of easier steps. ...
, a table used to do long division
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Method of analytic tableaux (also semantic tableau or truth tree), a technique of automated theorem proving in logic
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Tableau Software, a company providing tools for data visualization and business intelligence
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Young tableau, a combinatorial object built on partition diagrams
* Simplex tableau, a structured matrix used in the
simplex algorithm
In mathematical optimization, Dantzig's simplex algorithm (or simplex method) is a popular algorithm for linear programming.
The name of the algorithm is derived from the concept of a simplex and was suggested by T. S. Motzkin. Simplices are no ...
See also
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Table (disambiguation)
Table may refer to:
* Table (furniture), a piece of furniture with a flat surface and one or more legs
* Table (landform), a flat area of land
* Table (information), a data arrangement with rows and columns
* Table (database), how the table data ...
* ' or Economic Table, an economic model first described by French economist François Quesnay in 1758
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