trichording
trichording noun: moving in three directions, about three axes.
Noun
trichording (uncountable)
- Moving in three directions, about three axes.
- I know nothing about elite players but I belive^([sic]) trichording works at its best in dogfights.1997, micnet, “SpaceOrb Debate (was: auto-levelling)”, in alt.games.descent (Usenet)
- In order to know when someone's cheating, one has to know everything about the weapons in Descent 3. One must know reload rates, relative shield damage, and physics (to a small degree). One should also know about ship physics for each ship, and of course know about trichording and know what it...2002, Samus, “Releasing the 1.5 patch unofficially...”, in alt.games.descent (Usenet)
Origin of trichording
From tri- + coordinate + -ing, referring to simultaneous movement along three orthogonal axes.
Questions about trichording
- What does trichording mean?
- Trichording means moving in three directions, about three axes.
- What part of speech is trichording?
- Trichording is a noun.
Words near trichording in the dictionary
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