Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trine \Trine\, a. [See {Trinal}.]
Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth,
and thickness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trine \Trine\, n. [F. trine, trin. See {Trinal}.]
1. (Astrol.) The aspect of planets distant from each other
120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.
In sextile, square, and trine. --Milton.
2. A triad; trinity. [R.]
A single trine of brazen tortoises. --Mrs.
Browning.
Eternal One, Almighty Trine! --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trine \Trine\, v. t.
To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.]
By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined.
--Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trine
n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce},
{leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trinity}, {ternary}, {ternion},
{triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]
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