Thesaurus: trine

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1. a. Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
2. n. The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.
3. n. A triad; trinity.
4. v. t. To put in the aspect of a trine.
5. n. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
6. Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness. 1. (Astrol.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. In sextile, square, and trine. Milton. 2. A triad; trinity. [R.] A single trine of brazen tortoises. Mrs. Browning. Eternal One, Almighty Trine! Keble. To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.] By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. Dryden.
7. Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth,and thickness.
8. n the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one