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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tri-  \Tri-\  [Gr.  tri-  or  L.  tri-,  sometimes  through  French;  akin 
  to  L.  tres  three  and  E.  three  See  {Three}.] 
  1.  A  prefix  meaning  three  thrice,  threefold;  as  in 
  tricolored,  tridentate. 
 
  2.  (Chem.)  A  prefix  (also  used  adjectively)  denoting  three 
  proportional  or  combining  part  or  the  third  degree  of 
  that  to  the  name  of  which  it  is  prefixed;  as  in 
  trisulphide,  trioxide,  trichloride. 




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