TRIGONS

Noun

trigons

plural of trigon

Anagrams

• Girtons, Tignors, sorting, storing

Source: Wiktionary


TRIGON

Tri"gon, n. Etym: [L. trigonum, Gr. Tri-) + trigone.]

1. A figure having three angles; a triangle.

2. (Astrol.) (a) A division consisting of three signs. (b) Trine, an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other. Hutton.

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.

Tri"gon, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part. That of a lower molar is the Tri"go*nid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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