Trine

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /tɹʌɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Origin

From Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.

Full definition of trine

Adjective

1. Triple, threefold.
2. (astrology) Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.1.2.ii:The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets ....

Noun

1. A group of three things.
• Elizabeth BrowningA single trine of brazen tortoises.
2. An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.

Verb

1. (transitive, astrology) To put in the aspect of a trine.
• DrydenBy fortune he Saturn was now to Venus trined.

Anagrams

• inert
• inter
• niter
• nitre
• Terni