Webster's Dictionary 1913

5104

Triune

Tri″une (?), a. [Pref. tri- + L. unus one. See One.] Being three in one; — an epithet used to express the unity of a trinity of persons in the Godhead.

5105

Triungulus

‖Tri‐un″gu‐lus (?), n.; pl.Triunguli (#). [NL. See Tri-, and Ungulate.] (Zoöl.) The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on...

5106

Triunity

Tri‐u″ni‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being triune; trinity. Dr. H. More.

5107

Trivalence

Triv″a‐lence (?), n.(Chem.) The quality or state of being trivalent.

5108

Trivalent

Triv″a‐lent (?), a. [Pref. tri- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, t...

5109

Trivalve

Tri″valve (?), n. [Pref. tri- + valve.] Anything having three valves, especially a shell.

5110

Trivalvular

Tri‐val″vu‐lar (?), a. [Pref. tri- + valvular.] Having three valves; three-valved.

5111

Trivant

Triv″ant (?), n. A truant. Burton.

5112

Triverbial

Tri‐ver″bi‐al (?), a. [Pref. tri- + L. verbum a word.] (Rom. Antiq.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak th...

5113

Trivet

Triv″et (?), n. [Probably through French fr. L. tripes, -edis, three-footed; tri- (see Tri-)+ pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. trépied. See Foot, and cf. Tripod.] 1. A tree-legged stool...

5114

Trivial

Triv″i‐al (?), a. [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where th...

5115

Trivial (2)

Triv″i‐al, n. One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. Skelton. Wood.

5116

Trivialism

Triv″i‐al‐ism (?), n. A trivial matter or method; a triviality. Carlyle.

5117

Triviality

Triv′i‐al″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Trivialities (#). [Cf. F. trivialité] 1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.2. That which is trivial; a trifle.The philosophy of our t...

5118

Trivially

Triv″i‐al‐ly (?), adv. In a trivial manner.

5119

Trivialness

Triv″i‐al‐ness, n. Quality or state of being trivial.

5120

Trivium

‖Triv″i‐um (?), n. [LL. See Trivial.] 1. The three “ liberal” arts, grammar, logic, and rhetoric; — being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.☞ The trivium and quadrivium tog...

5121

Triweekly

Tri″week′ly (?), a. [Pref. tri- + weekly.] Occurring or appearing three times a week; thriceweekly; as, a triweekly newspaper. — adv. Three times a week. — n. A triweekly public...

5122

Troad

Troad (?), n. See Trode.

5123

Troat

Troat (?), v. i. [Either onomatopoetic, or akin to throat.] To cry, as a buck in rutting time.

5124

Troat (2)

Troat, n. The cry of a buck in rutting time.

5125

Trocar

Tro″car (?), n. [F. trocart (or trois-quarts, i.e., three quarters); trois three (L. tres) + carre the side of a sword blade; — so called from its triangular point.] (Surg.) A s...

5126

Trocha

‖Tro″cha (?), n.(Mil.) A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region.

5127

Trochaic

Tro‐cha″ic (?), n.(Pros.) A trochaic verse or measure. Dryden.

5128

Trochaic (2)

{ Tro‐cha″ic (?), Tro‐cha″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. trochaïcus, Gr. � or �. See Trochee.] (Pros.) Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse.

5129

Trochal

Tro″chal (?), a.(Zoöl.) Resembling a wheel.Trochal disk(Zoöl.), the cephalic disk of a rotifer. It is usually surrounded by a fringe of cilia.

5130

Trochanter

‖Tro‐chan″ter (?), n. 1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.2. (Zoöl.) The ...