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An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide.

A palmitate derived from three molecules of palmitic acid.

Parted into three piece; having three parts or pieces; -- said of the field or of a bearing; as, a cross triparted.

Divisible into three parts.

Dividing into three parts; -- said of a number which exactly divides another into three parts.

Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf.

A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.

Including three passovers.

Having three feet.

Consisting of three persons. Milton.

The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead; trinity.

Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three petals.

Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.

A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs.

Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.

Having three leaves; three-leaved.

The three divisions, or "baskets" (pitakas), of buddhist scriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapitsaka] , or Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Metaphysics.

Three-fold; triple; treble. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. By thy triple shape as thou art seen. Dryden.

Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.