Crossword clues for trine
trine
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trine \Trine\, a. [See Trinal.] Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
Trine \Trine\, n. [F. trine, trin. See Trinal.]
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(Astrol.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.
In sextile, square, and trine.
--Milton. -
A triad; trinity. [R.]
A single trine of brazen tortoises.
--Mrs. Browning.Eternal One, Almighty Trine!
--Keble.
Trine \Trine\, v. t. To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.]
By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined.
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"threefold," late 14c., from Old French trine "triple, threefold" (13c.), from Latin trinus "threefold," from tres "three" (see three).
Wiktionary
1 triple, threefold. 2 (context astrology English) Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart. n. 1 A group of three things. 2 An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart. v
(context transitive astrology English) To put in the aspect of a trine.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Trine may refer to:
- The Trinity in Christian theology
- Trine University, a small private university in Angola, Indiana
- Trine (astrological aspect)
- Trine (trimaran), an early 1960s trimaran sloop sailboat designed by Dick Newick
- Trine (video game), a 2009 video game by Frozenbyte
As a given name:
- Trine Dyrholm, Danish actress
- Trine Jensen, Danish handball player
- Trine Tsouderos, American journalist, formerly with the Chicago Tribune
Trine is a side-scrolling action platform and puzzle video game, developed by Frozenbyte, originally released in 2009, and is now available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and PlayStation Network. The game takes place in a medieval fantasy setting and allows players to take control of three separate characters who can battle enemies and solve environmental puzzles.
On December 7, 2011, Frozenbyte released a sequel titled Trine 2. A remake of Trine called Trine: Enchanted Edition, using Trine 2s engine and with online multiplayer, was released on July 24, 2014. In 2015, Frozenbyte announced Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power and was released August 20, 2015.
Usage examples of "trine".
Your aspects, dignities, ascendancies, Your partite quartiles, and your plastic trines, And all your heavenly houses and effects, Shall meet no more devout expounders here.
No telling how long Nostradamus would remain in Aix-en-Provence andan icy wind whirling up out of his intuate talent and the rapport binding the two of them insisted urgently that Venus Trine was in terrible danger.
The bright spirits of Orison Swett Marden and Ralph Waldo Trine, Dioscuri of Good Cheer, seemed to be with him reminding him that nothing is impossible.
Trine had been involved with a group of cosmic astrologists and, when their activities had finally been banned by law, Trine and the rest of the group had disappeared.
Jon had always wondered how a strange group like the cosmic astrologists could have snared an important scientist like Trine.
Trine remembered the questions he had been compelled to ask: could they risk a swing-by of one of the attractors?
With Sunne in V House, Saturne in Trine, drawe ye Pentagram of Fire, and saye ye ninth Uerse thrice.