Webster's Dictionary 1913

4834

Trigyn

Tri″gyn (?), n.(Bot.) Any one of the Trigynia.

4835

Trigynia

‖Tri‐gyn″i‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., Gr. � (see Tri-) + � a woman, a female.] (Bot.) A Linnæan order of plants having three pistils or styles.

4836

Trigynian

{ Tri‐gyn″i‐an (?), Trig″y‐nous (?), } a.(Bot.) Having three pistils or styles; of or pertaining to the Trigynia.

4837

Trihedral

Tri‐he″dral (?), a. [See Trihedron.] (Geom.) Having three sides or faces; thus, a trihedral angle is a solid angle bounded by three plane angles. [Written also triedral.]

4838

Trihedron

Tri‐he″dron (?), n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � a seat, base.] (Geom.) A figure having three sides.

4839

Trihoral

Tri‐ho″ral (?), a. [Pref. tri- + horal.] Occurring once in every three hours.

4840

Trihybrid

Tri‐hy″brid (?), n.(Biol.) A hybrid whose parents differ by three pairs of contrasting Mendelian characters.

4841

Trijugate

Trij″u‐gate (?), a. [See Trijugous.] (Bot.) In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets.

4842

Trijugous

Trij″u‐gous (?), a. [L. trijugus threefold; tri- + jugum a yoke.] (Bot.) Same as Trijugate.

4843

Trikosane

Tri″ko‐sane (?), n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � twenty.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; — so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carb...

4844

Trilateral

Tri‐lat″er‐al (?), a.[L. trilaterus; tri- (see Tri-) + latus, lateris, side: cf. F. trilatéral. See Lateral.] (Geom.) Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral tri...

4845

Trilemma

Tri‐lem″ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � (see Tri-) + � any thing received, in logic, an assumption. Cf. Dilemma.] 1. (Logic) A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the majo...

4846

Trilinear

Tri‐lin″e‐ar (?), a.(Math.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear coördinates.

4847

Trilingual

Tri‐lin″gual (?), a. [L. trilinguis; tri- (see Tri-) + lingua tongue, language. See Lingual.] Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.The muc...

4848

Trilinguar

Tri‐lin″guar (?), a. See Trilingual.

4849

Triliteral

Tri‐lit″er‐al (?), a. [Pref. tri- + literal.] Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral root or word. — n. A triliteral word.

4850

Triliteralism

Tri‐lit″er‐al‐ism (?), n. Same as Triliterality.

4851

Triliterality

{ Tri‐lit′er‐al″i‐ty (?), Tri‐lit″er‐al‐ness (?), } n. The quality of being triliteral; as, the triliterality of Hebrew roots. W. D. Whitney.

4852

Trilith

Tri″lith (?), n. Same as Trilithon. Mollett.

4853

Trilithic

Tri‐lith″ic (?), a. Pertaining to a trilith.

4854

Trilithon

Tril″i‐thon (trĭl″ĭ‐thŏn), n.; pl.Trilithons (#). [NL., fr. Gr.� of or with three stones; � (see Tri-) + � stone.] (Archæol.) A monument consisting of three stones; especially, ...

4855

Trill

Trill (?), v. i. [OE. trillen to roll, turn round; of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. trilla to roll, Dan. trilde, Icel. þyrla to whirl, and E. thrill. Cf. Thrill.] To flow in a small st...

4856

Trill (2)

Trill (?), v. t. [OE. trillen; cf. Sw. trilla to roll.] To turn round; to twirl. Gascoigne.Bid him descend and trill another pin. Chaucer.

4857

Trill (3)

Trill, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trilling.] [It. trillare; probably of imitative origin.] To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill...

4858

Trill (4)

Trill, v. i. To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet. Dry...

4859

Trill (5)

Trill, n. [It. trillo, fr. trillare. See Trill to shake.]1. A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration ...

4860

Trillachan

Tril″la‐chan (?), n.(Zoöl.) The oyster catcher.