trinaryadj.n.
/ˈtrʌɪnəri/ rare.† B. n.
A. adj.
Consisting or composed of a set of three; threefold; triple; ternary.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adjective]
thrilec725
threefoldc1000
treblec1374
trinec1386
thrinfalda1400
tripartitec1420
triparted1429
ternaryc1430
trinary1474
triplicate?a1475
trivial?a1475
triplage1526
threefolded1528
triple1552
treblefold1561
trifold1578
trinal1590
tripart1592
ternal1599
triplexa1616
tergeminous1656
ternarious1656
triplasian1678
triplet1697
ternarian1732
triangular1812
Trinitarian1812
triplasic1864
three-body1936
triplexed1974
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. ii. 166 For the trynary nombre conteyneth iii parties whiche make a perfect nombre.
1882 G. Allen in Nature 17 Aug. 374 The inner palea exhibits rudiments of two sepals,..making up, with the outer palea, a single trinary whorl.
1884 M. Boole in Athenæum 23 Aug. 238/1 Ascribing to the Eternal a dividedness projected from the trinary nature of the human faculties.
A set or group of three; a triad; a trio.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [noun]
leashc1330
ternarya1464
trinity1542
three?1544
triad1546
trine1554
triplicity1585
ternion1587
pair royal1592
trinary1596
trias1610
gleek1615
triangle1621
triple1653
triumvirate1655
prial1776
trio1777
trefoil1826
trinomy1838
Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred1937
1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B5v The Gracefull Graces faire triplicitie, Of modern Poets rarest trinary.
1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. iv. lxxx. 83 In England a Trinary of Peers Renound for riches was in divers yeers.
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