What is "trident"

Trident \Tri"dent\ (tr[imac]"dent), n. [L. tridens, -entis; tri- (see Tri-) + dens tooth: cf. F. trident. See Tooth.]

1. (Class Myth.) A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.

2. (Rom. Antiq.) A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.

3. A three-pronged fish spear.

4. (Geom.) A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.

   Trident bat (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic rhinolophid bat ( Tri[ae]nops Persicus), having the nose membrane in the shape of a trident.

Trident \Tri"dent\, a. [L. tridens.] Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.

"three-pointed spear," mid-15c., from Latin noun use of adjective tridentem (nominative tridens) "three-pronged, three-toothed," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + dens "tooth" (see tooth). As a type of U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, recorded from 1972. Related: Tridental.

n. 1 A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork. 2 (context geometry English) A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.

n. a spear with three prongs

The Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV). Originally developed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation, the missile is armed with thermonuclear warheads and is launched from nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). Trident missiles are carried by fourteen US Navy s, with US warheads, and four Royal Navy s, with British warheads. The missile is named after the mythological trident of Neptune.

A trident is a three- pronged spear. It is used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm. The trident is the weapon of Poseidon, or Neptune, the god of the sea in classical mythology. In Hindu mythology it is the weapon of Shiva, known as trishula (Sanskrit for "triple-spear").

Trident (also known as MSHTML) is a proprietary layout engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer, developed by Microsoft.

It was first introduced with the release of Internet Explorer version 4.0 in October 1997; it has been steadily upgraded and remains in use today. For versions 7 and 8 of Internet Explorer, Microsoft made significant changes to the Trident layout engine to improve compliance with web standards and add support for new technologies. Since then, Microsoft intends to comply with many modern web standards , and also intends to significantly update the layout engine to be more competitive and modern compared to other current layout engines.

In the Microsoft Edge browser, Trident is superseded by its fork – EdgeHTML.

Trident is a brand of sugar free chewing gum. It was introduced by Cadbury in the United Kingdom. In many other European countries, Trident is branded as Stimorol gum; it is generally the same as Trident.

A trident is a three-pronged staff.

Trident may also refer to:

Trident is the name of a number of supervillains in the DC Comics universe.

Trident is an anthology comic series published by Trident Comics from 1989 to 1990.

Trident, in comics, may refer to:

• Trident Comics, a former publisher of British comic books
• Trident (UK comics), an anthology comic book title
• Trident (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
• Trident Corporation, a fictional corporation in the manga Spriggan

Trident is a 1975 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner (* 1938), his eighth to be released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in February 1975 and features performances by Tyner with Ron Carter (* 1937) and Elvin Jones (1927-2004). It is available on CD.

Trident Cars Ltd was a British car manufacturer based originally in Woodbridge then in Ipswich, Suffolk between 1966 and 1974 and again after being restarted in 1976 from premises in Ipswich. The new company stopped production in 1977-78.

Their first car, the prototype Clipper convertible, was based on a prototype TVR model which had attractive two seater coupe steel and aluminium bodywork styled by Englishman Trevor Frost (also known as Trevor Fiore, and also responsible for the Elva GT160) and built in Italy by Carrozzeria Fissore. This TVR Trident Coupe was shown at the 1965 Geneva Motor Show and in addition two more coupes and a single convertible prototype were also made.

Due to a financial crisis at the TVR company, the project passed instead to one of their dealers, W.J. (Bill) Last, who created a separate Trident Cars company to manufacture it using the premises previously used by him for making the Peel Viking Sport. The cars were at first fitted with Ford 4.7 litre V8 in a chassis that was a near copy of the one used on the Austin-Healey 3000 and had similar styling to the TVR prototypes, but were made instead in fibreglass. The first Trident Clipper Convertible prototype was displayed at the Racing Car Show at Olympia in London in January 1966 but little more was heard until the first Clipper Coupe was shown, again at the Olympia Racing Car Show, in January 1967.

The car was claimed to have a maximum speed of and a 0-60 mph time of 5 seconds. It was available as a complete car or in kit form. The cars were expensive, the kit version costing £1923.

A second car, the Venturer was announced in 1969 with similar bodywork and powered by a Ford 3 litre V6 but now on a lengthened (to 93 inches) Triumph TR6 chassis giving the car independent suspension all round by coil springs. In 1971 the car cost £2300 in kit form.

Following problems with engine supply following a strike at Ford, Chrysler 5.4 litre V8 engines were fitted to the Clipper from 1971 and the Tycoon fitted with a Triumph 2.5 litre straight 6 engine was added to the range. The car now cost £3250 fully built.

The engine problems and financial climate in the 1970s resulted in the company closing down in 1974. An attempt was made to restart production in 1976 but few cars were made before final closure in 1977.

Between 1967 and 1977 about 39 Clippers, 84 Venturers and 7 Tycoons were produced.

Trident is an album by the rock band Kingfish. Their second studio album and their third album overall, it was recorded at the Record Plant in Sausalito, California, and released by Jet Records in 1978.

Trident features Kingfish co-founders Matthew Kelly on guitar and Dave Torbert on bass. Original members Robbie Hoddinott and Chris Herold had left the band before the album was recorded, and had been replaced by lead guitarist Michael O'Neill and ex- Wings drummer Joe English, respectively. Rounding out the lineup was keyboardist Bob Hogins.

Trident is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed about 300 m north of its rim in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. They drove along the east rim of Trident during EVA 1 of the mission, in their rover.

To the south of Trident is Powell, to the west are Camelot and Horatio, and to the east is Sherlock.

The crater was named by the astronauts after a trident (three pronged spear) due to its shape.