The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trias \Tri"as\, n. [L., triad. See Triad.] (Geol.) The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata, which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, and Keuper.
Wikipedia
Trias is a board game authored by Ralf Lehmkuhl. It is distributed by Rio Grande Games, Tilsit Editions and Gecko Games.
The game is set in the Triassic period. Players maneuver dinosaur-shaped pieces and manage the " continental drift" of hexagonal tiles in order to spread their species and dominate the continents that make up the playing board, scoring points as they do so. The end of the game is when a meteor hits the earth, and the player with the most points wins.
The first edition of this game contains cubed wooden pieces to represent the dinosaurs. The second and later editions of the game contain vaguely dinosaur-shaped wooden playing pieces.
Trias is a genus of orchids native to the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It is abbreviated as Trias in horticultural trade.
Species accepted as of June 2014:
- Trias antheae J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
- Trias bonaccordensis C.S.Kumar - Kerala
- Trias cambodiana Christenson - Cambodia
- Trias disciflora (Rolfe) Rolfe - Arunachal Pradesh, Laos, Vietnam
- Trias intermedia Seidenf. & Smitinand - Thailand
- Trias mollis Seidenf. - Thailand
- Trias nana Seidenf. - Thailand
- Trias nasuta (Rchb.f.) Stapf - Arunachal Pradesh, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam
- Trias nummularia Aver. & Averyanova - Vietnam
- Trias oblonga Lindl. - West Bengal, Assam, Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Trias picta (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) C.S.P.Parish ex Hemsl. - Thailand, Myanmar
- Trias rosea (Ridl.) Seidenf. - Thailand, Myanmar
- Trias stocksii Benth. ex Hook.f. - India
- Trias tothastes (J.J.Verm.) J.J.Wood in J.J.Wood & P.J.Cribb - Borneo
Trias, the Latin word for triad or 'three', may refer to
- Trias (plant), a genus of orchids
- Trias (game), a dinosaur themed board game
- General Trias, Cavite, a municipality in the Philippines
- the Germanic Trias, rock strata
- the Triassic period
- Robert Trias, US karate pioneer
- Xavier Trias, (Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera), Catalan politician
- Mariano Trías, Filipino patriot
Usage examples of "trias".
He flew north across the east limb of Trias continent to the greatest metropolis on Wexel, Cowdray-Kara City.
Since her hometown was a remote spot in the state of North Trias this brought out a certain sympathy and interest in friends.
Life outside the imagined safety of her hometown in North Trias, anyway.
The shelf, being of white trias limestone, had predictably got the better of the collision.
The foot plateau which succeeds is composed of sedimentary rocks dating from Trias to Jurassic.
An ill day for all of us if the sleeping wake—there will be more than Trias overrunning, or underrunning this land.