[syn: triplicity, trigon]
3. a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
trigon
n 1: a three-sided polygon [syn: triangle, trigon,
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, trigon]
3: a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome