Webster's Dictionary 1913

5023

Tripudiate

Tri‐pu″di‐ate (?), v. i. [L. tripudiare, tripudiatum.] To dance. Cockeram.

5024

Tripudiation

Tri‐pu′di‐a″tion (?), n. [L. tripudiatio.] The act of dancing. Bacon. Carlyle.

5025

Triquadrantal

Tri′quad‐ran″tal (?), a. [Pref. tri- + quadrantal.] (Spherical Trig.) Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose th...

5026

Triquetral

Tri‐que″tral (?), a. Triquetrous.

5027

Triquetrous

Tri‐que″trous (?), a. [L. triquetrus.] Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.

5028

Triquetrum

Tri‐que″trum (?), n.; pl.Triquetra (#). (Anat.) One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b).

5029

Triradiate

{ Tri‐ra″di‐ate (?), Tri‐ra″di‐a′ted (?) }, a. [Pref. tri- + radiate.] Having three rays.

5030

Trirectangular

Tri′rec‐tan″gu‐lar (?), a. [Pref. tri- + rectangular.] (Spherical Trig.) Having three right angles. See Triquadrantal.

5031

Trireme

Tri″reme (?), n. [L. triremis; tri- (see Tri-) + remus an oar, akin to E. row. See Row to propel with an oar.] (Class. Antiq.) An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or ti...

5032

Trirhomboidal

Tri′rhom‐boid″al (?), a. [Pref. tri- + rhomboidal.] Having three rhombic faces or sides.

5033

Trisaccharide

Tri‐sac″cha‐ride (?), n. Also –rid. (Chem.) A complex sugar, as raffinose, yielding by hydrolysis three simple sugar molecules.

5034

Trisacramentarian

Tri‐sac′ra‐men‐ta″ri‐an (?), n. [Pref. tri- + sacramentarian.] (Eccl.) One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; — namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See S...

5035

Trisagion

‖Tris‐ag″i‐on (?), n.(Eccl.) An ancient anthem, — usually known by its Latin name tersanctus.See Tersanctus.

5036

Trisect

Tri‐sect″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trisected; p. pr. & vb. n.Trisecting.] [Pref. tri- + L. sectus, p. p. of secare to cut. See Section.] 1. To cut or divide into three parts.2. (...

5037

Trisected

Tri‐sect″ed, a.(Bot.) Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; — said of leaves.

5038

Trisection

Tri‐sec″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. trisection.] The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts.

5039

Triseralous

Tri‐ser″al‐ous (?), a. [Pref. tri- + sepal.] (Bot.) Having three sepals, or calyx leaves.

5040

Triserial

{ Tri‐se″ri‐al (?), Tri‐se″ri‐ate (?), } a. [Pref. tri- + serial, seriate.] (Bot.) Arranged in three vertical or spiral rows.

5041

Triskelion

{ Tris‐kel″i‐on (?), orTris″kele (?) }, n. [Gr. � three-legged. See Tri-; Isosceles.] A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure...

5042

Trismus

‖Tris″mus (?), n.(Med.) The lockjaw.

5043

Trisnitrate

Tris‐ni″trate (?), n. [Gr. � thrice + E. nitrate.] (Chem.) A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as, tris...

5044

Trisoctahedron

Tris‐oc′ta‐he″dron (?), n. [Gr. � thrice + FE. octahedron.] (Crystallog.) A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of...

5045

Trispast

{ Tri″spast (?), Tri‐spas″ton (?), } n. [NL. trispaston, fr. Gr. � drawn threefold; � (see Tri-) + � to draw.] (Mech.) A machine with three pulleys which act together for raisin...

5046

Trispermous

Tri‐sper″mous (?), a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � seed.] (Bot.) Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trispermous capsule.

5047

Trisplanchnic

Tri‐splanch″nic (?), a. [Tri- + splanchnic.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic cavities, namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; — applied to ...

5048

Trist

Trist (?), v. t. & i. [imp.Triste.] To trust. Chaucer.

5049

Trist (2)

Trist, n. [See Tryst.] 1. Trust.2. A post, or station, in hunting. Chaucer.3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst.George Douglas caused a trist to...