trinodaladj.
/trʌɪˈnəʊdəl/ 1. Having three knots. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [adjective] > fastened with a knot > having knots > having three knots
trinodal1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Trinodal.., that hath three knots, three-knotted.
2. Botany. Having three nodes (node n. 2b), as a stem.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > relating to joint or node > having specific number of nodes
uninodal1839
trinodal1866
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1172 Trinodal, having three nodes only.
3. Geometry. Having three nodes (node n. 9), as a curve.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > relating to point(s) in
punctated1710
bipartite1858
punctate1860
inflectional1862
bicuspidal1867
bitangential1873
trinodal1873
1873 G. Salmon Treat. Higher Plane Curves (ed. 2) vi. 245 The other will be a trinodal quartic.
Derivatives
trinode n. /ˈtraɪnəʊd/ Geometry a combination of three nodes at one point of a curve.
/ˈtraɪnəʊd/ Geometry a combination of three nodes at one point of a curve.ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [noun] > sets or groups of points
umbilic point1586
involution1847
triad1850
range1859
point group1887
tetrad1889
tristigm1889
neighbourhood1891
trinode1891
trigraphy1895
Cantor set1902
web1909
limit cycle1918
Leech lattice1968
1891 Cent. Dict. Trinode.
triˈnodine adj. = sense 1.
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1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti i. 612 Alcides grappled him; and broke With club trinodine,..The caitiff's head.
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adj.1656