英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Triassic
(n.)
The Triassic formation.
Triatic
(a.)
A term used in the phrase triatic stay. See under Stay.
Triatomic
(a.)
Having three atoms; -- said of certain elements or
radicals.
Triatomic
(a.)
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.
Tribal
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal
scepter.
Tribalism
(n.)
The state of existing in tribes; also, tribal feeling;
tribal prejudice or exclusiveness; tribal peculiarities or
characteristics.
Tribasic
(a.)
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.
Tribble
(n.)
A frame on which paper is dried.
Tribe
(n.)
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.
Tribe
(n.)
A number of species or genera having certain structural
characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.
Tribe
(n.)
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.
Tribe
(n.)
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.
Tribe
(n.)
A family of animals descended from some particular female
progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of
shorthorns.
Tribe
(v. t.)
To distribute into tribes or classes.
Triblet
(n.)
Alt. of Tribolet
Tribolet
(n.)
A goldsmith's tool used in making rings.
Tribolet
(n.)
A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the
process of forming tubes.
Tribolet
(n.)
A tapering mandrel.
Tribometer
(n.)
An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction in
rubbing surfaces.
Tribrach
(n.)
A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, meblius.