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tri-
- a combining form meaning “three,” used in the formation of compound words:
triacid; triatomic.
tri-
prefix
- three or thrice
trigon
triaxial
trisect
- occurring every three
trimonthly
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tri-1
Example Sentences
And also those that contain norgestimate, which include Ortho-Cyclen and Tri-Cyclen.
It was the fall of 2012, and Hurricane Sandy had just devastated the Tri-State area.
In a quote usually associated with Bill Stout, designer of the Ford Tri-Motor: “Simplicate and add more lightness.”
Manhattan was the patient groom in my unspoken arranged marriage, the implicit goal of any tri-state suburban childhood.
I remember Pham Thi Luyen who lived several provinces north in Trieu Ai village, Quang Tri Province.
My weary shoulders fairly ache as we pass through the constant, or tri-yearly, recurrence of the same experience.
He rather prided himself on the way he played his part, and wore the tri-color cockade with an air of conviction.
Sabatier entered more carefully than he was wont to do, his hand upon a pistol thrust into his tri-color sash.
Tiny Moth planes stood wing to wing with huge tri-motored cabin ships that would hold a dozen passengers each.
Anthropolatry, an-thro-pol′a-tri, n. the giving of divine honours to a human being, a term always employed in reproach.
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