/trɪˈskɛlɪɒn/, erron. ˈtriskelos.triskelen.
/ˈtrɪskiːl//trɪˈskɛlɪɒn/, erron. ˈtriskelos. A symbolic figure consisting of three legs or lines radiating from a common centre.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > [noun] > three things, persons, etc.
threec1384
triskele1857
society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > triskele
triskele1857
1857 S. Birch Hist. 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.
1880 B. V. Head Guide Coins Brit. Mus. 23 The Triskelion is supposed by some to be a symbol of the sun.
1885 Athenæum 27 June 826/2 Panels, on which were sculptured designs such as the ‘sunsnake’, the swastika, and the triskele.
1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 110 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193 The rare staters..bear respectively a triskeles of human legs..a wheel..and a crescent.
1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 150 Pins, brooches, opalescent scorpions (her birth sign) inside gold mountings in triskelion.
1977 Sci. 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.
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2. Biochemistry. In form triskelion. A molecular structure suggestive in shape of this figure, adopted by individual elements of the cage structure of clathrin.
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the world > life > biology > substance > proteins > [noun]
casein1838
albuminoid1855
xanthoglobulin1868
myochrome1872
xanthoprotein1883
histone1885
globulose1886
phaseolin1893
leucosin1894
nucleohistone1894
nucleon1895
mucoid1898
protone1898
mucinoid1902
myohaemoglobin1906
nucleoprotamine1911
cytozyme1914
leaf protein1917
cytochrome1925
mucoprotein1925
myoglobin1925
flavoprotein1934
oxymyoglobin1935
ferritin1937
lipovitellin1942
arthropodin1947
trypticase1947
erythropoietin1948
phosvitin1948
opsin1951
orosomucoid1955
metallothionein1960
plastocyanin1961
aequorin1962
ferredoxin1962
LDL1962
fetoprotein1964
thioredoxin1964
actinin1965
adrenodoxin1965
lactoferrin1965
myoglobulin1965
rubredoxin1965
uniporter1967
miraculin1968
nexin1970
bacteriorhodopsin1971
molybdoprotein1971
monellin1972
cytokine1974
ankyrin1975
clathrin1975
electromorph1975
tau1975
uniport1975
microtrabecula1976
porin1976
osteocalcin1977
calmodulin1978
monokine1978
PCNA1978
vimentin1978
interleukin1979
laminin1979
titin1979
villin1979
cyclin1981
triskele1981
acumentin1982
perforin1983
statin1985
activin1986
addressin1988
synuclein1988
chemokine1992
1981 Ungewickell & 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.
1984 E. Holtzman & A. B. Novikoff Cells & Organelles (ed. 3) ii. i. 85 (caption) The triskelions are composed of clathrin and other proteins.
1988 Nature 28 Apr. 804/1 Members of the hsp70 family may be responsible for the..removal of clathrin triskelions from endocytic coated vesicles.
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