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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024triv•i•al /ˈtrɪviəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to trivia:He was overreacting to what was really a trivial offense on her part.
triv•i•al•i•ty /ˌtrɪviˈælɪti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. [uncountable]: the triviality of considering what clothes to wear after an earthquake.[countable]: the trivialities of daily living.See -via-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024triv•i•al (triv′ē əl),USA pronunciation adj. - of very little importance or value;
insignificant:Don't bother me with trivial matters. - commonplace;
ordinary. - Biology(of names of organisms) specific, as distinguished from generic.
- Mathematics
- noting a solution of an equation in which the value of every variable of the equation is equal to zero.
- (of a theorem, proof, or the like) simple, transparent, or immediately evident.
- Chemistry(of names of chemical compounds) derived from the natural source, or of historic origin, and not according to the systematic nomenclature:Picric acid is the trivial name of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol.
- Latin triviālis belonging to the crossroads or street corner, hence commonplace, equivalent. to tri- tri- + vi(a) road + -ālis -al1
- late Middle English 1400–50
triv′i•al•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unimportant, nugatory, slight, immaterial, inconsequential, frivolous, trifling. See petty.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged important.
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