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Trigon

noun
1.
A three-sided polygon.  Synonyms: triangle, trilateral.
2.
(astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees.  Synonym: triplicity.
3.
A triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome.






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"Trigon" Quotes from Famous Books



... adorned by a small, white satin, Trigon hat, ornamented with a blue band, on which ...
— Fifty-Two Stories For Girls • Various

... of the facts that plays a large part in the result was known to the old astrologers, viz. that Jupiter and Saturn come into conjunction with a certain triangular symmetry; the whole scheme being called a trigon, and being mentioned several times by Kepler. It happens that five of Jupiter's years very nearly equal two of Saturn's,[25] so that they get very nearly into conjunction three times in every five Jupiter years, but not ...
— Pioneers of Science • Oliver Lodge

... trinity; triunity^. three, triad, triplet, trey, trio, ternion^, leash; shamrock, tierce^, spike-team [U.S.], trefoil; triangle, trident, triennium^, trigon^, trinomial, trionym^, triplopia^, tripod, trireme, triseme^, triskele^, triskelion, trisula^. third power, cube; cube root. Adj. three; triform^, trinal^, trinomial; tertiary; ternary; triune; triarch, triadie^; triple &c 93. tri- [Pref.], tris- ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... that plays a large part in the result was known to the old astrologers, viz. that Jupiter and Saturn come into conjunction with a certain triangular symmetry; the whole scheme being called a trigon, and being mentioned several times by Kepler. It happens that five of Jupiter's years very nearly equal two of Saturn's,[25] so that they get very nearly into conjunction three times in every five Jupiter years, but not exactly. The ...
— Pioneers of Science • Oliver Lodge



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