单词 | ternion |
释义 | ternionn. 1. A set of three (things or persons); a triad. ΘΚΠ 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 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 207/2 A quadrangle in geometrie compriseth in it a triangle, and a quaternion in arithmetike conteineth a ternion. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. v. 548 The Senate..agreed that there should bee chosen two Ternions of Triumvirs. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Invisible World (1659) i. vii. 46 Disposing them [angels] into Ternions of three generall Hierarchies. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Surrey 83 That happy Ternion of Brothers, whereof two eminent Prelats, the third, Lord Mayor of London. 1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. 56 When I have such a Ternion to prosecute that war. 2. A quire of three sheets, each folded in two. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > specific quantity of quatern?1533 ternion1609 quaternion1625 quinternion1652 bundle1724 ream1832 quinion1872 quire1879 sextern1885 society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > large quantity of > specific quantity of milleOE reamc1390 quire1393 ternion1609 quaternion1625 quinternion1652 quinion1872 sextern1885 1609 Skene's Reg. Maj. H h iij b (note) All the letters..are Ternions, or thrie sheetes in one, except H h in the last Alphabet. 1886 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 7 27 They say that a given manuscript is composed of quaternions and of ternions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1587 |
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