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单词 trigon
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trigonn.

Brit. /ˈtrʌɪɡ(ə)n/, /ˈtrʌɪɡɒn/, U.S. /ˈtraɪˌɡɑn/
Forms: Also 1600s trygon, 1600s–1700s trigone.
Etymology: < Latin trigōnum, < Greek τρίγωνον triangle, neuter of τρίγωνος , < τρι- tri- comb. form + -γωνος -angled, -cornered.
1. A figure having three angles and three sides; a triangle.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [noun] > triangle
triangle1398
triquetra1586
trigon1600
trilateral1766
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > triangle
triangle1398
trigon1600
triquetra1706
trilateral1766
trilineal1807
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ii. li. 29 Let Ismen with his squares and trigons war.
a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 13 When the Cranes direct their flight, on high,..they in a Trigon flie.
1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. Prol. 78 An equilateral Trigone.
1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 272 An Equilateral Triangle is also a Regular Figure of three sides..being also called a Trigon.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 333 Trigon..Heptagon..Octagon.
2. Astrology (a) A set of three signs of the zodiac, distant 120° from each other, as if at the angles of an equilateral triangle; = triplicity n. 3 (Also figurative or allusively.) (b) The aspect of two planets distant 120° from each other; = trine adj. 2.
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the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] > trine
trigon1563
trine1581
the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > sign of zodiac > in combination
triplicity1398
trigon1563
fiery1790
1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 24 When they are asunder 120 degrees, which is called a triangle, Trygon, or Trient aspect.
1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxi. 140 She Euen at the firie Trigon shall your cheefe Ascendant be.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 100* His Zeale to God, and the Church, was an aery Triplicity: and his deuotion to his Prince, and the State, a fiery Trigon.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 267 And look whether the fierie Trigon his man be not lisping to his master. View more context for this quotation
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 7 If the Astronomers hold there was a great Trigon of Constellations at his [Christ's] Birth: I am sure here is a great Trigon of Trigons, at his Conception.
1644 W. Lilly Englands Propheticall Merline (title page) The beginning, and end of the Watry Trygon: An entrance of the fiery Triplicity.
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 196 Some..Affirm the Trigons chop'd and chang'd, The Watry with the Firy rang'd.
1698 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. i. ii. 20 Saturn and Jupiter..having run through all the four Trigons, meet again, according to Kepler, at the end of 800 Years.
1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. at Triplicity The first trigon is composed of ♈, ♌, and ♐, and is therefore called the fiery triplicity.
3.
a. A triangular instrument used in surveying; also, one used in dialling. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > other surveying instruments
quadrat?c1400
trigon1590
square1600
peractor1616
definitor1664
Marquois scale1783
topograph1865
outkeeper1868
aba1876
the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > used in dialling > [noun]
trigonal1593
incliner1610
plane1669
trigon1704
1590 J. Blagrave Baculum Familliare (title page) A Booke of the making and vse of a Staffe, newly inuented by the Author, called the Familiar Staffe,..which..staffe..readily performeth all the seuerall vses of the Crosse staffe, the Quadrate, the Circle, the Quadrante, the Gunners Quadrante, the Trigon, [etc.].
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) In Dyaling there is sometimes used an Instrument of a Triangular Form, which is called, a Trigon.
b. A triangular fort. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > fort according to shape
pentagonon1625
star-sconce1632
octagon1648
pentagon1648
hexagon1669
star fort1669
tetragon1669
star1672
star redoubt1687
trigon1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 98/1 A Trigon, a figure of a fort with three corners.
c. An ancient lyre or harp of triangular form.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [noun] > lyre > other lyres
testudo1702
trigon1728
trigonon1728
trigonum1738
phorminx1776
veena1789
tortoise-lyrea1822
kissar1864
nyatiti1964
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Trigon was a kind of triangular Lyre, invented by Ibycus.
1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music I. ii. ix. 247 The Trigon..was..struck either with a quill, or beaten with little rods.
1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 11 Attempts to shew that the kinnor was a trigon, or three-cornered harp.
4. Zoology. A bivalve of the genus Trigonia.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Trigoniadae > genus Trigonia > member of
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1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. viii. 263 The Trigons, nearly related to the cockle, are mostly fossils.
5. Name of an ancient game at ball (Greek τρίγων, Latin trigōn (‘lusum trigonem’, Horace Sat. i. vi. 126)).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > other handball games
cache1444
hand in and hand out1478
cachepell1539
hand-out1540
knappan1573
wind-ball1578
balloon?1591
bord-and-cord1591
hurlingc1600
pize-balla1796
trigon1842
pallone1859
push-ball1895
throwball1895
punchball1908
wallyball1982
1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. 761/2 The most favourite game at ball seems to have been the trigon or pila trigonalis,..played at by three persons, who stood in the form of a triangle.
6. Comparative Anatomy. The triangle formed by the three cusps of the upper molars in primitive mammals.
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the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > fossil or extinct > parts of
trigon1897
1897 H. F. Osborn in Amer. Naturalist Dec. 1002 Our studies among the Mesozoic mammals have left no doubt that the upper and lower triangles, or ‘trigon’ and ‘trigonid’, were derived from the reptilian protocone by the addition of lateral cusps... The ‘trigon’ was essentially a cutting apparatus, so perfect that many mammals retained it without further evolution.
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