Trimeter
Trim″e‐ter (?), a. [L. trimetrus, Gr. �; � (see Tri-) + �measure. See Meter measure.] (Pros.) Consisting of three poetical measures. — n. A poetical division of verse, consistin...
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Trimethyl
Tri‐meth″yl (?). (Chem.) A prefix or combining form (also used adjectively) indicating the presence of three methyl groups.
Trimethylamine
Tri‐meth′yl‐am″ine (?), n. [Trimethyl- + amine.] (Chem.) A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic her...
Trimethylene
Tri‐meth″yl‐ene (?), n.(Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aro...
Trimetric
Tri‐met″ric (?), a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � measure.] (Crystallog.) Same as Orthorhombic.
Trimetrical
Tri‐met″ric‐al (?), a. Same as Trimeter.
Trimly
Trim″ly (?), adv. In a trim manner; nicely.
Trimmer
Trim″mer (?), n. 1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to...
Trimmer (2)
Trim″mer, n.(Coal Storage) An apparatus used for piling the coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
Trimming
Trim″ming (?), a. from Trim, v.The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming, halfway sort of a party. Jeffrey.Trimming joist(Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers a...
Trimming (2)
Trim″ming, n. 1. The act of one who trims.2. That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appenda...
Trimmingly
Trim″ming‐ly, adv. In a trimming manner.
Trimness
Trim″ness, n. The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness.
Trimorph
Tri″morph (?), n. [See Trimorphous.] (Crystallog.) A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of these di...
Trimorphic
{ Tri‐mor″phic (?), Tri‐mor″phous (?), } a. [Gr. � three-formed; � (see Tri-) + � form.] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; — contrasted with monomorphic, dimo...
Trimorphism
Tri‐mor″phism (?), n. [See Trimorphic.] 1. (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystal...
Trimurti
‖Tri‐mur″ti (?), n. [Skr. trimūrti; tri three + mūrti body.] (Hindoo Myth.) The triad, or trinity, of Hindoo gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and ...
Trimyarian
Trim′y‐a″ri‐an (?), n. [Pref. tri + Gr. �, �, a muscle.] (Zoöl.) A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.
Trinal
Tri″nal (?), a. [L. trinus triple, trini three each, fr. tres, tria, three. See Three, and cf. Trine, a. & n., Tern, a.] Threefold. “Trinal unity.” Milton.In their trinal tripli...
Trindle
Trin″dle (?), v. t. & n. See Trundle.
Trine
Trine (?), a. [See Trinal.] Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
Trine (2)
Trine, n. [F. trine, trin. See Trinal.] 1. (Astrol.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.In sextile, square, and trine....
Trine (3)
Trine, v. t. To put in the aspect of a trine.By fortune he was now to Venus trined. Dryden.
Trinervate
Tri‐nerv″ate (?), a. [NL. trinervatus; pref. tri- + L. nervus nerve.] (Bot.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; — said of a leaf. Gray.
Trinerve
{ Tri″nerve′ (?), Tri″nerved′ (?), } a. [Pref. tri- + nerve.] (Bot.) Same as Trinervate.
Tringa
‖Trin″ga (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper.
Tringle
Trin″gle (?), n. [F. tringle.] A curtain rod for a bedstead.