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The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the same time.

Having three bellies; -- said of a muscle. Dunglison.

designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.

Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold. E. Phillip

A glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atoms in glycerin by acid radicals.

ly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature.

Containing three sets of characters or sculptures.

A figure having three angles; a triangle.

Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles.

Having horns with three angles, like those of some species of goats.

Containing three letters or characters, or three sets of letters or characters.

Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong.

A Linnæan order of plants having three pistils or styles.

Having three pistils or styles; of or pertaining to the Trigynia.

Having three sides or faces; thus, a trihedral angle is a solid angle bounded by three plane angles. [Written also triedral.]

A figure having three sides.

Occurring once in every three hours.

A hybrid whose parents differ by three pairs of contrasting Mendelian characters.

In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets.

n, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule.