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triultimate

triultimate adjective: synonym of antepenultimate.

Adjective

triultimate (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard, possibly, rare) Synonym of antepenultimate.
    • Penultimate and triultimate rachis 3 x 4 cm wide respectively, with hairs on their surface1996, Yang Guanxiu, Wang Hongshan, Sheng Axing, “Morphological and microscopical study on Scolecopteris from China”, in Palaeobotanist, volume 45, pages 238–246
    • However, constraints on the penultimate event for the Rainbow Mountain and triultimate event for the Fourmile Flat fault do overlap slightly, allowing the possibility that they may have ruptured close in time as in 1954.2004 August, S. John Caskey, John W. Bell, Alan R. Ramelli, Steven G. Wesnousky, “Historic Surface Faulting and Paleoseismicity in the Area of the 1954 Rainbow Mountain–Stillwater Earthquake...
    Synonyms:
    antepenultimate

Synonyms of triultimate

Origin of triultimate

From tri- + ultimate, apparently on account of the fact that it is the third in sequence after ultimate and penultimate.

Questions about triultimate

What does triultimate mean?
Triultimate means synonym of antepenultimate.
What part of speech is triultimate?
Triultimate is an adjective.

Words near triultimate in the dictionary

  1. trityls
  2. triubiquitin
  3. triubiquitinated
  4. triubiquitins
  5. triulose
  6. triultimate
  7. triumph
  8. triumphal
  9. triumphal arch
  10. triumphal arches
  11. triumphalism

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