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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trigon  \Tri"gon\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  cutting  region  of  the  crown  of  an  upper  molar,  usually 
  the  anterior  part  That  of  a  lower  molar  is  the 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trigon  \Tri"gon\,  n.  [L.  trigonum  Gr  ?;  ?  (see  {Tri-})  +  ?  a 
  corner,  angle:  cf  F.  trigone.] 
  1.  A  figure  having  three  angles;  a  triangle. 
 
  2.  (Astrol.) 
  a  A  division  consisting  of  three  signs. 
  b  Trine,  an  aspect  of  two  planets  distant  120  degrees 
  from  each  other  --Hutton. 
 
  3.  (Gr.  &  Rom.  Antiq.) 
  a  A  kind  of  triangular  lyre  or  harp. 
  b  A  kind  of  game  at  ball  played  by  three  persons 
  standing  at  the  angular  points  of  a  triangle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trigon 
  n  :  a  three-sided  polygon  [syn:  {triangle},  {trilateral}] 




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