trine

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 238 words | Copyright

trine triple XIV; (astrol.) pert. to the aspect of two heavenly bodies that are a third part of the zodiac distant from each other XV; fig. benign. — OF. trin, fem. trine :- L. trīnus, -a threefold, f. trēs, tria THREE.

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