Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 73
Trigamous (a.) Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, -- male, female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers.
Trigamy (n.) The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the same time.
Trigastric (a.) Having three bellies; -- said of a muscle.
Trigeminal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.
Trigeminous (a.) Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold.
Trigenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7N3O2, obtained, by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint smell; -- called also ethidene- / ethylidene-biuret.
Trigesimo-secundo (a.) Having thirty-two leaves to a sheet; as, a trigesimo-secundo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
Trigesimo-secundo (n.) A book composed of sheets so folded that each one makes thirty-two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 32mo, or 32¡, and called thirty-twomo.
Trigger (n.) <Database> An action causing the automatic invocation of a procedure, for instance to preserve referential integrity. A triggers goes into effect when a user attempts to modify data with an insert, delete, or update command. A trigger can instruct the system to take any number of actions when a specified change is attempted. By preventing incorrect, unauthorized, or inconsistent changes to data, triggers help maintain the integrity of the database.
Trigger (n.) [C]（槍砲的）扳機；觸發器；起動裝置；扳柄；閘柄；能引起反應的刺激物 [（+for）] A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
Trigger (n.) (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
{Trigger fish} (Zool.) 引金魚（熱帶魚的一種） A large plectognath fish ({Balistes Carolinensis} or {Balistes capriscus}) common on the southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called also {leather jacket}, and {turbot}.
Triggerfish (n.) 鱗魨科又稱皮剝魨科，是輻鰭魚綱魨形目的其中一科。多屬於海水觀賞魚，商品名為砲彈，英文則是稱做板機魚，因為魚上方有個像槍枝板機的角，在珊瑚礁中可以將自己固定在洞穴裡，此外這種魚非常兇悍，應小心遭其咬傷。Triggerfishes are about 40 species of often brightly colored fish of the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, with the greatest species richness in the Indo-Pacific. Most are found in relatively shallow, coastal habitats, especially at coral reefs, but a few, such as the oceanic triggerfish (Canthidermis maculata), are pelagic. While several species from this family are popular in the marine aquarium trade, they are often notoriously ill-tempered. [2] [3]
Trigger (n.) Lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun [syn: {gun trigger}, {trigger}].
Trigger (n.) A device that activates or releases or causes something to happen.
Trigger (n.) An act that sets in motion some course of events [syn: {trigger}, {induction}, {initiation}].
Trigger (v.) 扣扳機開（槍）；發射；觸發，引起 [（+off）] Put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: {trip}, {actuate}, {trigger}, {activate}, {set off}, {spark off}, {spark}, {trigger off}, {touch off}].
Trigger (v.) Release or pull the trigger on; "Trigger a gun".
Trigintal (n.) A trental.
Triglyceride (n.) A glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atoms in glycerin by acid radicals.
Triglyph (n.) An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature.
Triglyphic (a.) Alt. of Triglyphical.
Triglyphical (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, triglyphs.
Triglyphical (a.) Containing three sets of characters or sculptures.
Trigness (n.) The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.
Trigon (n.) A figure having three angles; a triangle.
Trigon (n.) A division consisting of three signs.
Trigon (n.) Trine, an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
Trigon (n.) A kind of triangular lyre or harp.
Trigon (n.) A kind of game at ball played by three persons standing at the angular points of a triangle.
Trigonal (a.) Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles.
Trigone (n.) A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra.
Trigonia (n.) A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia.
Trigonocerous (a.) Having horns with three angles, like those of some species of goats.
Trigonometric (a.) Alt. of Trigonometrical
Trigonometrical (a.) 三角法的；三角學的；以三角學方法完成的 Of or pertaining to trigonometry; performed by the rules of trigonometry. -- {Trig`o*no*met"ric*al*ly, adv.
Trigonometrical curve, A curve one of whose coordinates is a trigonometric function of the other.
Trigonometrical function. See under Function.
Trigonometrical lines, Lines which are employed in solving the different cases of plane and spherical trigonometry, as sines, tangents, secants, and the like. These lines, or the lengths of them, are trigonometrical functions of the arcs and angles to which they belong.
Trigonometrical survey. See under Survey.
Trigonometric (a.) Of or relating to or according to the principles of trigonometry; "trigonometric function".
Compare: Mathematics
Mathematics (n.) [U] 數學 [J]；數學運算；數學應用 [G] That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations.
Note: Mathematics embraces three departments, namely: 1. Arithmetic. 2. Geometry, including Trigonometry and Conic Sections. 3. Analysis, in which letters are used, including Algebra, Analytical Geometry, and Calculus. Each of these divisions is divided into pure or abstract, which considers magnitude or quantity abstractly, without relation to matter; and mixed or applied, which treats of magnitude as subsisting in material bodies, and is consequently interwoven with physical considerations.
-tries (n. pl. ) of Trigonometry.
Trigonometry (n.) 【數】三角 That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of deducing from certain given parts other required parts, and also of the general relations which exist between the trigonometrical functions of arcs or angles.
Trigonometry (n.) A treatise in this science.
Analytical trigonometry, that branch of trigonometry which treats of the relations and properties of the trigonometrical functions.
Plane trigonometry, and Spherical trigonometry, Those branches of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles and spherical triangles respectively.
Trigonometry (n.) The mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions [syn: trigonometry, trig].
Trigonous (a.) Same as Trigonal.
Trigram (n.) Same as Trigraph.
Trigrammatic (a.) Containing three letters or characters, or three sets of letters or characters.
Trigrammic (a.) Same as Trigrammatic.
Trigraph (n.) Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong.
Trigyn (n.) Any one of the Trigynia.
Trigynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles.
Trigynian (a.) Alt. of Trigynous.
Trigynous (a.) Having three pistils or styles; of or pertaining to the Trigynia.
Trihedral (a.) Having three sides or faces; thus, a trihedral angle is a solid angle bounded by three plane angles.
Trihedron (n.) A figure having three sides.
Trihoral (a.) Occurring once in every three hours.
Triiodothyronine (n.) (Biochemistry) A thyroid hormone, C15H12I3NO4, similar to thyroxine but several times more potent.
Triiodothyronine (n.) (Pharmacology) a preparation of this hormone, used in treating hypothyroidism. Abbreviation: T3.
Trijugate (a.) In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets.
Trijugous (a.) Same as Trijugate.
Trikosane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule.
Trilateral (a.) Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle.
Trilemma (n.) A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.
Trilemma (n.) A state of things in which it is difficult to determine which one of three courses to pursue.
Trilinear (a.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear coordinates.
Trilingual (a.) Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.
Trilinguar (a.) See Trilingual.
Triliteral (a.) Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral root or word.
Triliteral (n.) A triliteral word.
Triliteralism (n.) Same as Triliterality.
Triliterality (n.) Alt. of Triliteralness.
Triliteralness (n.) The quality of being triliteral; as, the triliterality of Hebrew roots.
Trilith (n.) Same as Trilithon.
Trilithic (a.) Pertaining to a trilith.
Trilithons (n. pl. ) of Trilithon.
Trilithon (n.) A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such a monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts.
Trill (v. i.) To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle. -- Sir W. Scott.
And now and then an ample tear trilled down Her delicate cheek. -- Shak.
Whispered sounds Of waters, trilling from the riven stone. -- Glover.
Trill (v. t.) To turn round; to twirl. [Obs.] -- Gascoigne.
Bid him descend and trill another pin. -- Chaucer.
Trilled (imp. & p. p.) of Trill.
Trilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trill.
Trill (v. t.) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.
The sober-suited songstress trills her lay. -- Thomson.
Trill (v. i.) To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet. -- Dryden.
Trill (n.) A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.
Trill (n.) The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d
Trill (n.) (Mus.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake.
Trill (n.) A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it [syn: trill, shake].
Trill (n.) The articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula; "he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill."
Trill (v.) Pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's."
Trill (v.) Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below [syn: warble, trill, quaver].
TRILL, () Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (RFC 5556).
Trillachan (n.) The oyster catcher.
Trilling (n.) One of tree children born at the same birth.
Trilling (n.) (Crystallog.) A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.
Trilling (n.) United States literary critic (1905-1975) [syn: Trilling, Lionel Trilling].
Trillion (n.) According to the French notation, which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
Trillion (a.) One quintillion in Great Britain.
Trillion (a.) One million million in the United States.
Trillion (n.) A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion].
Trillion (n.) The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion" [syn: trillion, one million million million].
Trillion (n.) The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion" [syn: trillion, one million million, 1000000000000].
Trillion, () In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a million cubed.
In the USA and Canada, 10^12. [Elsewhere?] (1996-10-03)
Trillium (n.) (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.
Trillium (n.) Any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower [syn: trillium, wood lily, wake-robin].
Trillo (n.) (Mus.) A trill or shake. See Trill.
Trilobate (a.) Having three lobes.
Trilobate (a.) (Of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes [syn: trilobate, trilobated, trilobed, three-lobed].
Trilobation (n.) The state of being trilobate.
Trilobed (a.) Same as Trilobate.
Trilobed (a.) (Of a leaf shape) Divided into three lobes [syn: trilobate, trilobated, trilobed, three-lobed].
Trilobita (n. pl.) [NL.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of arthropods comprising the trilobites.
Trilobite (n.) (Paleon.) 【古生】三葉蟲 Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment.
Trilobite (n.) An extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts.
Trilobitic (a.) Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites; as, trilobitic rocks.
Trilocular (a.) Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular heart.
Trilogy (n.) A strongly typed logic programming language with numerical constraint-solving over the {natural numbers}, developed by Paul Voda <voda@voda.ii.fmph.uniba.sk> at UBC in 1988. Trilogy is syntactically a blend of Prolog, Lisp, and Pascal. It contains three types of clauses: predicates (backtracking but no assignable variables), procedures (if-then-else but no backtracking; assignable variables), and subroutines (like procedures, but with input and system calls; callable only from top level or from other subroutines).
Development of Trilogy I stopped in 1991. Trilogy II, developed by Paul Voda 1988-92, was a declarative general purpose programming language, used for teaching and to write CL.
Trilogy (n.) 三部劇，三聯劇；三部曲 A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example.
On the Greek stage, a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality of three dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutively in the course of one day. -- Coleridge.
Trilogy (n.) A set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme.
Triluminar (a.) Alt. of Triluminous.
Triluminous (a.) Having three lights. [R.]
Trimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Trim.
Trimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trim.
Trim (v. t.) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
The hermit trimmed his little fire. --- Goldsmith.
Trim (v. t.) To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.
A rotten building newly trimmed over. -- Milton.
I was trimmed in Julia's gown. -- Shak.
Trim (v. t.) To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree. " And trimmed the cheerful lamp." -- Byron.
Trim (v. t.) (Carp.) To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
Trim (v. t.) (Naut.) To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat.
Trim (v. t.) (Naut.) To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails.
Trim (v. t.) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. [Colloq.]
To trim in (Carp.), To fit, as a piece of timber, into other work.
To trim up, To dress; to put in order.
I found her trimming up the diadem On her dead mistress. -- Shak.
Trim (v. i.) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.
Trim (n.) Dress; gear; ornaments.
Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim. -- Sir W. Scott.
Trim (n.) Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. "
The trim of an encounter." -- Chapman.
Trim (n.) The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
Trim (n.) (Arch) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points.
In ballast trim (Naut.), Having only ballast on board. -- R. H. Dana, Jr.
Trim of the masts (Naut.), Their position in regard to the ship and to each other, as near or distant, far forward or much aft, erect or raking.
Trim of sails (Naut.), That adjustment, with reference to the wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward.