TRISPAST
TRIS'PASTTRISPAS'TON, noun [Gr. to draw.] In mechanics, a machine with three pulleys for raising great weights.
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TRISPASTON
TRISPAS'TON, n. [Gr. to draw.] In mechanics, a machine with three pulleys for raising great weights.
TRISPERMOUS
TRISPERM'OUS, adjective [Gr. three, and seed.] Three-seeded; containing three seeds; as a trispermous capsule.
TRIST
TRISTTRIST'FUL, adjective [Latin tristis, sad.] Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Not used.]
TRISULC
TRISULC', noun [Latin trisulcus.] Something having three points. [Not in use.]
TRISYLLABIC
TRISYLLAB'ICTRISYLLAB'ICAL, adjective [from trisyllable.] Pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as a trisyllabic word or root.
TRISYLLABICAL
TRISYLLAB'ICAL, a. [from trisyllable.] Pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as a trisyllabic word or root.
TRISYLLABLE
TRISYL'LABLE, noun [Latin tres, three, and syllaba, syllable.] A word consisting of three syllables.
TRITELY
TRI'TELY, adverb In a common manner.
TRITENESS
TRI'TENESS, noun Commonness; staleness; a state of being worn out; as the triteness of an observation or a subject.
TRITERNATE
TRITERN'ATE, adjective [Latin tres, three, and ternate.] Having three biternate leaves, or the divisions of a triple petiole subdivided into threes; a species of superdecompound...
TRITHEISM
TRITHE'ISM, noun The opinion or doctrine that there are three Gods in the Godhead.
TRITHEIST
TRITHE'IST, noun One who believes that there are three distinct Gods in the Godhead, that is, three distinct substances, essences of hypostases.
TRITHEISTIC
TRITHEIS'TIC, adjective Pertaining to tritheism.
TRITHEITE
TRITHE'ITE, noun A tritheist.
TRITHING
TRI'THING, noun [from three.] One of the divisions of the county of York in England, which is divided into three parts. It is now called Riding.
TRITICAL
TRIT'ICAL, adjective [from trite.] Trite; common. [Not in use.]
TRITICALNESS
TRIT'ICALNESS, noun Triteness. [Not used.]
TRITON
TRI'TON, noun In mythology, a fabled sea demi-god, supposed to be the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as half man and half fish.1. A genus of the m...
TRITONE
TRI'TONE, noun [Latin tres and tonus.] In music, a false concord, consisting of three tones, two major and one minor tone, or of two tones and two semitones; a dissonant interval.
TRITOXYD
TRITOX'YD, noun [Gr. third, and oxyd.] In chimistry, a substance oxydized in the third degree.
TRITURABLE
TRIT'URABLE, adjective [See Triturate.] Capable of being reduced to a fine powder by pounding, rubbing or grinding.
TRITURATE
TRIT'URATE, verb transitive [Latin trituro, from tritus, tero, to wear.] To rub or grind to a very fine powder, and properly to a finer powder than that made by pulverization.
TRITURATED
TRIT'URATED, participle passive Reduced to a very fine powder.
TRITURATING
TRIT'URATING, participle present tense Grinding or reducing to a very fine powder.
TRITURATION
TRITURA'TION, noun The act of reducing to a fine powder by grinding.
TRITURE
TRI'TURE, noun A rubbing or grinding. [Not used.]