TRIPLICATE
TRIP'LICATE, adjective [Latin triplicatus, triplico; tres and plico, to fold.] Made thrice as much; threefold.Triplicate ratio, is the ratio which cubes bear to each other.
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TRIPLICATION
TRIPLICA'TION, noun The act of trebling or making threefold, or adding three together.1. In the civil law, the same as sur-rejoinder in common law.
TRIPLICITY
TRIPLIC'ITY, noun [Latin triplex.] Trebleness; the state of being threefold.
TRIPLY-RIBBED
TRIP'LY-RIBBED, adjective [triple and rib.] In botany, having a pair of large ribs branching off from the main one above the base, as in the leaves of many species of sunflower....
TRIPOD
TRI'POD, noun [Latin tripus, tripodis; Gr. three, and foot.]A bench, stool or seat supported by three legs, on which the priest and sibyls in ancient times were placed to render...
TRIPOLI
TRIP'OLI, noun In mineralogy, a mineral originally brought from tripoli used in polishing stones and metals. It has a dull argillaceous appearance, but is not compact. It has a ...
TRIPOLINE
TRIP'OLINE, adjective Pertaining to tripoli.
TRIPOS
TRI'POS, noun A tripod, which see.
TRIPPED
TRIP'PED, participle passive [from trip.] Supplanted.
TRIPPER
TRIP'PER, noun One who trips or supplants; one that walks nimbly.
TRIPPING
TRIP'PING, participle present tense Supplanting; stumbling; falling; stepping nimbly.1.adjective Quick; nimble.TRIP'PING, noun The act of tripping1. A light dance.2. The loosing...
TRIPPINGLY
TRIP'PINGLY, adverb Nimbly; with a light nimble quick step; with agility.Sing and dance it trippinglySpeak the speech trippingly on the tongue.
TRIPTOTE
TRIP'TOTE, noun [Gr. three, and case.] In grammar, a name having three cases only.
TRIPUDIARY
TRIPU'DIARY, adjective [Latin tripudium.] Pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing.
TRIPUDIATION
TRIPUDIA'TION, noun [Latin tripudio, to dance.] Act of dancing.
TRIPYRAMID
TRIPYR'AMID, noun [Latin tres and pyramis.] In mineralogy, a genus of spars, the body of which is composed of single pyramids, each of three sides, affixed by their base to some...
TRIQUETROUS
TRIQUE'TROUS, adjective [Latin triquetrus, from triquetra, a triangle.]Three-sided; having three plane sides.
TRIRADIATED
TRIRA'DIATED, adjective [Latin tres and radius.] Having three rays.
TRIREME
TRI'REME, noun [Latin triremis; tres and remus.] A galley or vessel with three benches or ranks of oars on a side.
TRIRHOMBOIDAL
TRIRHOMBOID'AL, adjective [tri and rhomboidal.] Having the form of three rhombs.
TRISACRAMENTARIAN
TRISACRAMENTA'RIAN, noun [Latin tres, three, and sacrament.]One of a religious sect who admit of three sacraments and no more.
TRISAGION
TRISAG'ION, noun [Gr. three, and holy.] A hymn in which the word holy is repeated three times.
TRISECT
TRISECT', verb transitive [Latin tres, three, and seco, to cut.] To cut or divide into three equal parts.
TRISECTED
TRISECT'ED, participle passive Divided into three equal parts.
TRISECTING
TRISECT'ING, participle present tense Dividing into three equal parts.
TRISECTION
TRISEC'TION, noun [Latin tres and sectio, a cutting.] The division of a thing into three parts; particularly in geometry, the division of an angle into three equal parts.
TRISEPALOUS
TRISEP'ALOUS, adjective In botany, having three sepals to a calyx.