Trigon

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trigon \Tri"gon\, n. [L. trigonum, Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri-}) + ? a
     corner, angle: cf. F. trigone.]
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     1. A figure having three angles; a triangle.
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     2. (Astrol.)
        (a) A division consisting of three signs.
        (b) Trine, an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees
            from each other. --Hutton.
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     3. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.)
        (a) A kind of triangular lyre or harp.
        (b) A kind of game at ball played by three persons
            standing at the angular points of a triangle.
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     4. (Zool.) The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar,
        usually the anterior part. That of a lower molar is the

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trigon
       n 1: a three-sided polygon [syn: {triangle}, {trilateral}]
       2: (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each
          group consists of three signs separated from each other by
          120 degrees [syn: {triplicity}]
       3: a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome