4 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: trine noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce}, {leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trinity}, {ternary}, {ternion}, {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Trine \Trine\, adjective [See {Trinal}.] Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Trine \Trine\, noun [F. trine, trin. See {Trinal}.] 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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Trine \Trine\, verb (used with an object) To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.] By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. --Dryden.

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