trigramn.

Brit.

/ˈtrʌɪɡram/, U.S.

/ˈtraɪˌɡræm/

Etymology: < Greek τρι- tri- comb. form + γράμμα, -ατ-, line, letter, or γραμμή stroke, line.

1. An inscription of three letters; (also) = trigraph n. (Webster 1864); (spec. in Psychology) a (nonsense) word of three letters used in the study of learning or memory (see esp. quot. 1960).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > digraph or trigraph

diphthong1530

trigram1606

triphthong1711

digraph1780

trigraph1836

digram1864

geminative1885

polygraph1893

society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > of three letters

trigram1606

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > test of mental ability > [noun] > word used in test > three letter nonsense word

trigram1960

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xii. sig. D1 Inscryving their tombes with a trigram of D.M.S.

1960 E. J. Archer in Psychol. Monogr. LXXIV. x. 1/2 This study is a re-evaluation of the meaningfulness of all possible three-letter combinations of the Roman alphabet of the form consonant-vowel-consonant... It is herewith proposed to call these combinations ‘trigrams’, and in view of their form to further specify them as ‘CVC trigrams’.

1970 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 83 214 The study..assumes that an object elicits a given number of mediating responses with which a CVC trigram can be associated.

1973 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. 123 15 Correct recognitions of trigrams on test trials.

2. A figure or character formed of three strokes; also spec., a figure traditionally used in the Chinese philosophy of the I Ching for the purposes of divination.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > formed of three strokes

trigram1801

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > Chinese manual for > figure used in

trigram1877

1801 J. Hager Babylon. Inscript. 54 What connexion is there between the first trigram, or three united strokes, to represent heaven, and..the second trigram,..three broken ones, to represent the earth?

1877 J. Legge in Encycl. Brit. VI. 263/2 The Yih King..the rudiments of which are assigned to Fuh-hsi in the 30th century B.C. Those rudiments, however, are merely the 8 trigrams and 64 diagrams, composed of a whole and a broken line.

1923 J. P. Bruce Chu Hsi & his Masters vi. 127 The Grand Terminus..produced the two elementary Forms. These two Forms produced the four Symbols, which, again, produced the eight Trigrams. The eight Trigrams served to determine the good and evil issues of events.

1957 Encycl. Brit. V. 519/2 Wên Wang..is said to have produced the I Ching, or Canon of Changes, a volume based upon the trigrams and later viewed with great veneration and incorporated into the Confucian canon.

1965 L. T. Culling Incredible I Ching 8 There was no language attached to the I Ching of Fu Hsi—only eight figures, or Trigrams.

1974 Sci. Amer. Jan. 108/2 There are two ancient ways of displaying the eight trigrams in a circle.

3. Geometry, etc. A set of three lines; spec. the figure formed by three straight lines in one plane not intersecting in the same point; also more generally, any figure composed of three elements.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > other

amblygon1570

obliquea1608

triangulate1610

pelecoid1706

leaf1716

oblongitude1739

hexagram1863

polystigm1863

tetragram1863

tetrastigm1863

trigram1882

tetromino1954

tromino1954

tetrabolo1961

Penrose tile1975

1882 Athenæum 2 Sept. 297/1 The hexagrams..are composed each of a double trigram... The trigrams consist of three lines one above the other.

1900 19th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1897–8 842 The swastika itself merely represents two superposed trigrams.

Derivatives

trigraˈmmatic adj. consisting of three letters (= triliteral adj. and n.) or sets of letters.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > written in 3 systems

trigrammatic1824

1824 T. Young in Suppl. Encycl. Brit. IV. 43/1 The ‘trilinguar’ or rather trigrammatic Stone of Rosetta.

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Trigrammatic, containing three sets of characters or letters. Gliddon.

triˈgrammatism n. = triliteralism n. at triliteral adj. and n. Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > root > with specific number of letters > state or use of

trigrammatism1839

triliteralism1841

triliterality1864

1839 J. W. Donaldson New Cratylus (1850) 107 Their apparent [Semitic] trigrammatism, their etymological disintegration, and the tertiary condition in which their oldest remains are found, must be referred to the constant intermixtures, re-unions [etc.].

triˈgrammic adj. = trigrammatic adj.

ΚΠ

1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. Introd. 18 The halves of the tetraconta-tetrahedron are,..2d. The trigrammic tetragonal icosatetrahedron.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	trigram
释义	trigramn. Brit. /ˈtrʌɪɡram/, U.S. /ˈtraɪˌɡræm/ Etymology: < Greek τρι- tri- comb. form + γράμμα, -ατ-, line, letter, or γραμμή stroke, line. 1. An inscription of three letters; (also) = trigraph n. (Webster 1864); (spec. in Psychology) a (nonsense) word of three letters used in the study of learning or memory (see esp. quot. 1960). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > digraph or trigraph diphthong1530 trigram1606 triphthong1711 digraph1780 trigraph1836 digram1864 geminative1885 polygraph1893 society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > of three letters trigram1606 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > test of mental ability > [noun] > word used in test > three letter nonsense word trigram1960 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xii. sig. D1 Inscryving their tombes with a trigram of D.M.S. 1960 E. J. Archer in Psychol. Monogr. LXXIV. x. 1/2 This study is a re-evaluation of the meaningfulness of all possible three-letter combinations of the Roman alphabet of the form consonant-vowel-consonant... It is herewith proposed to call these combinations ‘trigrams’, and in view of their form to further specify them as ‘CVC trigrams’. 1970 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 83 214 The study..assumes that an object elicits a given number of mediating responses with which a CVC trigram can be associated. 1973 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. 123 15 Correct recognitions of trigrams on test trials. 2. A figure or character formed of three strokes; also spec., a figure traditionally used in the Chinese philosophy of the I Ching for the purposes of divination. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > formed of three strokes trigram1801 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > Chinese manual for > figure used in trigram1877 1801 J. Hager Babylon. Inscript. 54 What connexion is there between the first trigram, or three united strokes, to represent heaven, and..the second trigram,..three broken ones, to represent the earth? 1877 J. Legge in Encycl. Brit. VI. 263/2 The Yih King..the rudiments of which are assigned to Fuh-hsi in the 30th century B.C. Those rudiments, however, are merely the 8 trigrams and 64 diagrams, composed of a whole and a broken line. 1923 J. P. Bruce Chu Hsi & his Masters vi. 127 The Grand Terminus..produced the two elementary Forms. These two Forms produced the four Symbols, which, again, produced the eight Trigrams. The eight Trigrams served to determine the good and evil issues of events. 1957 Encycl. Brit. V. 519/2 Wên Wang..is said to have produced the I Ching, or Canon of Changes, a volume based upon the trigrams and later viewed with great veneration and incorporated into the Confucian canon. 1965 L. T. Culling Incredible I Ching 8 There was no language attached to the I Ching of Fu Hsi—only eight figures, or Trigrams. 1974 Sci. Amer. Jan. 108/2 There are two ancient ways of displaying the eight trigrams in a circle. 3. Geometry, etc. A set of three lines; spec. the figure formed by three straight lines in one plane not intersecting in the same point; also more generally, any figure composed of three elements. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > other amblygon1570 obliquea1608 triangulate1610 pelecoid1706 leaf1716 oblongitude1739 hexagram1863 polystigm1863 tetragram1863 tetrastigm1863 trigram1882 tetromino1954 tromino1954 tetrabolo1961 Penrose tile1975 1882 Athenæum 2 Sept. 297/1 The hexagrams..are composed each of a double trigram... The trigrams consist of three lines one above the other. 1900 19th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1897–8 842 The swastika itself merely represents two superposed trigrams. Derivatives trigraˈmmatic adj. consisting of three letters (= triliteral adj. and n.) or sets of letters. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > written in 3 systems trigrammatic1824 1824 T. Young in Suppl. Encycl. Brit. IV. 43/1 The ‘trilinguar’ or rather trigrammatic Stone of Rosetta. 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Trigrammatic, containing three sets of characters or letters. Gliddon. triˈgrammatism n. = triliteralism n. at triliteral adj. and n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > root > with specific number of letters > state or use of trigrammatism1839 triliteralism1841 triliterality1864 1839 J. W. Donaldson New Cratylus (1850) 107 Their apparent [Semitic] trigrammatism, their etymological disintegration, and the tertiary condition in which their oldest remains are found, must be referred to the constant intermixtures, re-unions [etc.]. triˈgrammic adj. = trigrammatic adj. ΚΠ 1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. Introd. 18 The halves of the tetraconta-tetrahedron are,..2d. The trigrammic tetragonal icosatetrahedron. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1606
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