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three-part, a. (adv.)
Containing, consisting of, having, or involving three parts.
1854Cherubini's Counterpoint 20 It is prohibited in three-part-counterpoint, as in two-part-counterpoint, to make concealed fifths. 1884F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 255 [A] Three Part Clock [or] Three Train Clock..[is] a clock with three trains: the going train, the striking train, and the quarter or chiming train. 1910Tovey Encycl. Brit. III. 129/2, 15 three-part symphonies.
b. adv. (in comb.) = three-parts.
1840D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rur. Sports §1282 A three-part-bred mare.
So three-parted a., divided into or having three parts, tripartite.
1553N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices iii. (1558) 117 A threeparted deuision. 1793Martyn Lang. Bot., Three-parted leaf,..divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate. 1900Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 270/2. |