Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 76
Triptych (n.) A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.
Triptych (n.) Art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together).
Tripudiary (a.) Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. [R.] " Tripudiary augurations." -- Sir T. Browne.
Tripudiate (v. i.) To dance. [R.] -- Cockeram.
Tripudiation (n.) The act of dancing. [R.] -- Bacon. Carlyle.
Triquadrantal (a.) (Spherical Trig.) Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are consequently right angles.
Triquetral (a.) Triquetrous.
Triquetral (n.) A wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones [syn: triquetral, triquetral bone, os triquetrum, cuneiform bone, pyramidal bone].
Triquetrous (a.) Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.
Triquetra (n. pl. ) of Triquetrum
Triquetrum (n.) [NL.] (Anat.) One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b). Triradiate
Triradiate (a.) Alt. of Triradiated
Triradiated (a.) Having three rays.
Trirectangular (a.) (Spherical Trig.) Having three right angles. See Triquadrantal.
Trireme (n.) (Class. Antiq.) An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.
Trireme (n.) Ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side.
Trirhomboidal (a.) Having three rhombic faces or sides. Trisaccharide
Trisacramentarian (n.) (Eccl.) One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament.
Trisagion (n.) (Eccl.) An ancient anthem, -- usually known by its Latin name tersanctus. See Tersanctus.
Trisected (imp. & p. p.) of Trisect.
Trisecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trisect.
Trisect (v. t.) To cut or divide into three parts.
Trisect (v. t.) (Geom.) To cut or divide into three equal parts.
Trisect (v.) Cut in three; "trisect a line".
Trisected (a.) (Bot.) Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.
Trisection (n.) The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts.
Triseralous (a.) (Bot.) Having three sepals, or calyx leaves. Triserial
Triserial (a.) Alt. of Triseriate.
Triseriate (a.) (Bot.) Arranged in three vertical or spiral rows. Triskelion
Trismus (n.) (Med.) The lockjaw.
Trismus (n.) Prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles.
Trisnitrate (n.) (Chem.) A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as, trisnitrate of bismuth.
Trisoctahedron (n.) (Crystallog.) A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron.
Tetragonal trisoctahedron, A trisoctahedron each face of which is a quadrilateral; called also trapezohedron and icositetrahedron.
Trigonal trisoctahedron, A trisoctahedron each face of which is an isosceles triangle. Trispast
Trispast (n.) Alt. of Trispaston
Trispaston (n.) (Mech.) A machine with three pulleys which act together for raising great weights. -- Brande & C.
Trispermous (a.) (Bot.) Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trispermous capsule.
Trisplanchnic (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic cavities, namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; -- applied to the sympathetic nervous system.
Triste (imp.) of Trist
Trist (v. t. & i.) To trust. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Trist (n.) Trust. [Obs.]
Trist (n.) A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Trist (n.) A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst. [Obs.]
George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally. -- Letter dated Sept., 1543.
Trist (a.) Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] -- Fairfax.
Triste (n.) A cattle fair. [Prov. Eng.]
Tristearate (n.) Tristearin.
Tristearin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) See Stearin.
Tristearin (n.) A triglyceride of stearic acid [syn: tristearin, glycerol tristearate].
Tristful (a.) Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. -- Shak.
Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful, Heart so full of care and cumber. -- Longfellow.
Tristfully (adv.) In a tristful manner; sadly.
Tristichous (a.) (Bot.) Arranged in three vertical rows. Tristigmatic
Tristigmatic (a.) Alt. of Tristigmatose
Tristigmatose (a.) (Bot.) Having, or consisting of, three stigmas. -- Gray.
Tristitiate (v. t.) To make sad. [Obs.] -- Feltham.
Tristoma (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.
Tristy (a.) See Trist, a. [Obs.] -- Ashmole.
Trisulc (n.) Something having three forks or prongs, as a trident. [Obs.] "Jupiter's trisulc." -- Sir T. Browne.
Trisulcate (a.) Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves or sulci; three-grooved.
Trisulphide (n.) (Chem.) A sulphide containing three atoms of sulphur. Trisyllabic
Trisyllabic (a.) Alt. of Trisyllabical
Trisyllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word. -- Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly, adv.
Trisyllable (n.) A word consisting of three syllables only; as, a-ven-ger.
Trisyllable (n.) A word having three syllables.
Trite (a.) Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject. -- Trite"ly, adv. -- Trite"ness, n.
Trite (a.) Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn tired, trite, well-worn].
Triternate (a.) (Bot.) Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets.
Tritheism (n.) The opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods.
Tritheism (n.) (Christianity) The heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods.
Tritheist (n.) One who believes in tritheism. Tritheistic
Tritheist (n.) Someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods.
Tritheistic (a.) Alt. of Tritheistical.
Tritheistical (a.) Of or pertaining to tritheism. -- Bolingbroke.
Tritheite (n.) A tritheist. [Obs.] -- E. Phillips.
Trithing (n.) One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; -- now called riding. [Written also riding.] -- Blackstone.
Trithionate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of trithionic acid.
Trithionic (a.) (Chem.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, a certain thionic acid, H2S3O6 which is obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.
Tritical (a.) Trite. [Obs.] --T. Warton. -- Trit"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Trit"ic*al*ness, n. [Obs.]
Triticin (n.) (Chem.) A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch grass ({Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white amorphous substance.
Triticum (n.) (Bot.) A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.
Triticum (n.) Annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions [syn: Triticum, genus Triticum].
Triton (n.) (Gr. Myth.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell.
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. -- Wordsworth.
Triton (n.) (Zool.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell, and sea trumpet.
Triton (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.
Triton (n.) (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon.
Triton (n.) The largest moon of Neptune.
Triton (n.) Tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells.
Triton (n.) Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia [syn: newt, triton].
Triton, () Intel's Pentium core logic chip set. In addition to the traditional features, this chip set supports: EDO DRAM to increase the bandwidth of the DRAM interface; "{pipelined burst SRAM" for a cheaper, faster second+level+cache;+"{bus+master">second level cache; "{bus master IDE" control logic to reduce processor load; a plug and play port for easy implementation of functions such as audio.
The Triton I chipset (official name 82430FX) consists of 4 chips: one 82437FX TSC (Triton Sysetm Controller), two 82438FX TDP (Triton Data Path), and one 82371FB PIIX (PCI IDE Xcellerator). It supports PB Cache, EDO DRAM, and a maximum PCI and memory burst data transfer rate of 100 megabytes per second.
There are also Moble Triton (82430MX), Triton II (82430HX), and the Triton VX (82430VX) chip sets.
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Tritone (n.) (Mus.) A superfluous or augmented fourth. [R.]
Tritorium (n.) [NL.] Same as Triturium.
Tritova (n. pl. ) of Tritovum.
Tritovum (n.) (Zool.) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.
Tritozooid (n.) (Zool.) A zooid of the third generation in asexual reproduction.
Triturable (a.) Capable of being triturated. -- Sir T. Browne.
Triturated (imp. & p. p.) of Triturate.
Triturating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Triturate.
Triturate (v. t.) To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.
Triturate (v. t.) To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.
Trituration (n.) The act of triturating, or reducing to a fine or impalpable powder by grinding, rubbing, bruising, etc. -- Paley.
Triture (n.) A rubbing or grinding; trituration.
Triturium (n.) A vessel for separating liquids of different densities. [Written also tritorium.]
Trityl (n.) (Chem.) Propyl. [R.]
Tritylene (n.) (Chem.) Propylene. [R.]
Triumph (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) 勝利，成功 A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.
Note: The general was allowed to enter the city crowned with a wreath of laurel, bearing a scepter in one hand, and a branch of laurel in the other, riding in a circular chariot, of a peculiar form, drawn by four horses. He was preceded by the senate and magistrates, musicians, the spoils, the captives in fetters, etc., and followed by his army on foot in marching order. The procession advanced in this manner to the Capitoline Hill, where sacrifices were offered, and victorious commander entertained with a public feast.
Triumph (n.) Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant. [Obs.]
Our daughter, In honor of whose birth these triumphs are, Sits here, like beauty's child. -- Shak.
Triumph (n.) A state of joy or exultation for success.
Great triumph and rejoicing was in heaven. -- Milton.
Hercules from Spain Arrived in triumph, from Geryon slain. -- Dryden.
Triumph (n.) Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge.
Triumph (n.) A trump card; also, an old game at cards. [Obs.]
Triumphed (imp. & p. p.) of Triumph.
Triumphing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Triumph.
Triumph (v. i.) 勝利，成功：狂歡，喜悅 To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
How long shall the wicked triumph? -- Ps. xciv. 3.
Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you That triumph thus upon my misery! -- Shak.
Triumph (v. i.) To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.
Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time. -- Milton.
On this occasion, however, genius triumphed. -- Macaulay.
Triumph (v. i.) To be prosperous; to flourish.
Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales. -- Trumbull.
Triumph (v. i.) To play a trump card. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Triumph (v. t.) 獲得勝利 To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph. [Obs.]
Two and thirty legions that awe All nations of the triumphed word. -- Massinger.
Triumph (n.) A successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" [syn: victory, triumph] [ant: defeat, licking].
Triumph (n.) The exultation of victory.
Triumph (v.) Prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight" [syn: prevail, triumph].
Triumph (v.) Be ecstatic with joy [syn: wallow, rejoice, triumph].
Triumph (v.) Dwell on with satisfaction [syn: gloat, triumph, crow].
Triumph (v.) To express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" [syn: exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate].
Triumphal (a.) Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch.
Messiah his triumphal chariot turned. -- Milton.
Triumphal (n.) A token of victory. [Obs.]
Joyless triumphals of his hoped success. -- Milton.
Triumphal (a.) Relating to or celebrating a triumph; "a triumphal procession"; "a triumphal arch".
Triumphal (a.) Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant].