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trimount

trimount noun: a stylized depiction of three hills or mountains.

trimount: a stylized depiction of three hills or mountains
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Noun

trimount (plural trimounts)

  1. A stylized depiction of three hills or mountains.
    • The allegorical figures standing on trimounts appear like guardians, flanking an archway formed by two fruit trees which frame the composite coat of arms.1987, Veronika Birke, Walter L. Strauss, The Illustrated Bartsch, →ISBN, page 131
    • On the shield of king Saint Stephen, the silver patriarchal cross on a trimount symbolizes royal power, the jupon worn over his armour is decorated by the family coat-of-arms of the Árpád dynasty.1993, Ars Decorativa - Issues 13-15, page 21
  2. A bracket or other supporting device that holds three attachments.
    • And snap-in trimounts holding back covers of radios, etc. Handy knob puller too.1949, Radio & Television News - Volume 42, page 11
    • Trimounts can be used in a wide variety of ways. Choose the type of mount that is easiest for the type of roof on which you are working.1978, Leon Cantor, How to select and install antennas, →ISBN, page 47

Adjective

trimount (not comparable)

  1. Mounted in three places.
    • Venous pressures were measured directly in 2 (2) subjects at l0g. using a vein in the forearm and recording pressures by means of a trimount inductance gauge.1949, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, American Physiological Society, Federation Proceedings - Volume 8, Issue 1, page 104
    • Six-axle A1A (center axle unpowered) Alcos used single-drop-equalizer trucks with a short wheelbase (10'5") and even axle spacing; units with all axles powered used a trimount double-equalized truck with uneven spacing and a 12'6" wheelbase.2009, Jeff Wilson, The Model Railroader's Guide to Diesel Locomotives, →ISBN, page 55

Forms of trimount

pluraltrimounts

Origin of trimount

From tri- + mount.

Questions about trimount

What does trimount mean?
Trimount means a stylized depiction of three hills or mountains.
What part of speech is trimount?
Trimount can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of trimount?
The plural of trimount is trimounts.

Words near trimount in the dictionary

  1. trimorphous
  2. trimorphs
  3. trimotor
  4. trimotored
  5. trimotors
  6. trimount
  7. trimounts
  8. trimoxazole
  9. trimphone
  10. trimphones
  11. trimpot

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