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Trigon
//ˈtɹaɪɡɒn// noun
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Noun
- 1 A triangle. countable, rare
- 2 a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome wordnet
- 3 An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca. countable, historical
- 4 (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees wordnet
- 5 A division consisting of three star signs. countable
"The Cancer trigon is composed of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces"
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- 6 a three-sided polygon wordnet
- 7 A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other. countable
"In the horoscope of Christ's nativity.[…]Whether a trigon or no, this tetragon I am sure there was."
- 8 An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation. (See Wikipedia's entry for the game) historical, uncountable
- 9 The cusp (cutting region) of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part. countable
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρίγωνον (trígōnon, “triangle”), neuter substantive of τρίγωνος (trígōnos, “three-sided”), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + γωνία (gōnía, “bend, angle”). Equivalent to tri- + -gon. Doublet of trigone and trigonon.
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