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triskele|ˈtrɪskiːl|
Also in quasi-Gr. form triskelion |trɪˈskɛlɪɒn|, erron. ˈtriskelos.
[f. Gr. τρι- tri- + σκέλος leg; cf. τρισκελής three-legged.]
A symbolic figure consisting of three legs or lines radiating from a common centre.
1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 164 On some other Sicilian tiles the potter had placed the triskelos, or three legs, as an emblem of the country. 1880B. V. Head Guide Coins & Medals Brit. Mus. 23 The Triskelion is supposed by some to be a symbol of the sun. 1885Athenæum 27 June 826/2 Panels, on which were sculptured designs such as the ‘sunsnake’, the swastika, and the triskele. 1914Brit. Mus. Return 110 The rare staters..bear respectively a triskeles of human legs..a wheel..and a crescent. 1973T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow (1975) i. 150 Pins, brooches, opalescent scorpions (her birth sign) inside gold mountings in triskelion. 1977Sci. Amer. Dec. 168 (caption) Below, at the left, is another fragment of side-link mold with a decorative whorl and, at right, a triskelion decoration for a chariot linchpin.
Add:2. Biochem. In form triskelion. A molecular structure suggestive in shape of this figure, adopted by individual elements of the cage structure of clathrin.
1981Ungewickell & Branton in Nature 29 Jan. 420/1 Here we show that purified clathrin coats dissociate reversibly into triskelions, structures composed of three usually bent, rather flexible legs radiating from a centre. 1984Holtzman & Novikoff Cells & Organelles (ed. 3) ii. i. 85 (caption) The triskelions are composed of clathrin and other proteins. 1988Nature 28 Apr. 804/1 Members of the hsp70 family may be responsible for the..removal of clathrin triskelions from endocytic coated vesicles. |