the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > continuous progress or advance of anything > great or irresistible
1646 Sir T. Browne vii. xvii. 377 Τρικυμία..is a concurrence of three waves in one, whence arose the proverb, τρικυμία κακῶν, or a trifluctuation of evils. View more context for this quotation