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triequal

triequal adjective: equal and three in number.

Adjective

triequal (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Equal and three in number.
    • Instead of justice, love, and grace, / Injustice, hate, uncharitableness, / Triequal reign round earth, a Trinity of Hell.1875, Philip James Bailey, Festus: a Poem, page 60
  2. (obsolete) Designating three successive tempered fifths that are either equal in magnitude or beat equally quickly.

Origin of triequal

tri- + equal

Questions about triequal

What does triequal mean?
Triequal means equal and three in number.
What part of speech is triequal?
Triequal is an adjective.

Words near triequal in the dictionary

  1. triens
  2. trientes
  3. trientine
  4. triepoxide
  5. triepoxides
  6. triequal
  7. trier
  8. trier of fact
  9. trierarch
  10. trierarchal
  11. trierarchic

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