قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

The Triassic formation.

A term used in the phrase triatic stay. See under Stay.

Having three atoms; -- said of certain elements or radicals.

Having a valence of three; trivalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having three hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic; thus, glycerin, glyceric acid, and tartronic acid are each triatomic.

Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter.

The state of existing in tribes; also, tribal feeling; tribal prejudice or exclusiveness; tribal peculiarities or characteristics.

Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic elements on radicals; -- said of certain acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid.

A frame on which paper is dried.

A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.

A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.

A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.

A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.

A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.

To distribute into tribes or classes.

Alt. of Tribolet

A goldsmith's tool used in making rings.

A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the process of forming tubes.

A tapering mandrel.

An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction in rubbing surfaces.

A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, meblius.