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triplicity
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triplicity
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun triplicity has 2 senses
- triplicity(n = noun.group) trigon - (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees; Array is a kind of triad, trio, triple, triplet
- triplicity(n = noun.attribute) Array - the property of being triple; Array is a kind of magnitude
CIDE DICTIONARY
The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness. [1913 Webster]
"In their trinal triplicities on high."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
triplicity, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the state of being triple.
2 a group of three things.
3 Astrol. a set of three zodiacal signs.
1 the state of being triple.
2 a group of three things.
3 Astrol. a set of three zodiacal signs.
Etymology
ME f. LL triplicitas f. L TRIPLEX
ROGET THESAURUS
triplicity
Triplication
N triplication, triplicity, trebleness, trine, treble, triple, tern, ternary, triplicate, threefold, trilogistic, third, trinal, trine, three times, three fold, thrice, in the third place, thirdly, trebly.
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