Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trigon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trigon \Tri"gon\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar, usually
the anterior part. That of a lower molar is the
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trigon \Tri"gon\, n. [L. trigonum, Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri-}) + ? a
corner, angle: cf. F. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trigon
n : a three-sided polygon [syn: {triangle}, {trilateral}]
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