Trine

4 definitions found

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

  Trine \Trine\, a. [See {Trinal}.]
     Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth,
     and thickness.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Trine \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.
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              In sextile, square, and trine.        --Milton.
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     2. A triad; trinity. [R.]
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              A single trine of brazen tortoises.   --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
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              Eternal One, Almighty Trine!          --Keble.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trine \Trine\, v. t.
     To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.]
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           By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trine
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
           [syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce},
            {leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trinity}, {ternary}, {ternion},
            {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]