Tripartite, trip′ar-tīt, or trī-pär′tīt, adj. divided into three parts: having three corresponding parts: relating to three parties.—adv. Trip′artitely.—n. Triparti′tion, a division into three. [L. ter, thrice, partitus, pa.p. of partīri, to divide—pars, a part.]
Tripe, trīp, n. entrails: parts of the compound stomach of a ruminant, esp. of sheep or horned cattle, prepared as food—the parts used being the paunch or rumen (yielding plain tripe), and the smaller reticulum (yielding honeycomb tripe).—ns. Tripe′man, one who prepares tripe or who hawks it about; Trī′pery, a place for the preparation or sale of tripe.—Tripe de Roche, a name originally given to various species of lichens of the genera Gyrophora and Umbilicaria, nutritious though bitter, nauseous, and purgative. [Celt.; Ir., triopas, W. tripa.]
Tripedal, trip′e-dal, or trī′ped-al, adj. having three feet. [L. tres, three, pes, pedis, a foot.]
Tripennate, trī-pen′āt, adj. (bot.) three-winged. [L. tri, tris, thrice, penna, a wing.]
Tripersonal, trī-pėr′sun-al, adj. consisting of three persons.—ns. Triper′sonalist, a believer in the Trinity; Tripersonal′ity.
Tripetalous, trī-pet′al-us, adj. (bot.) having three petals or flower-leaves. [Gr. treis, three, petalon, a leaf.]
Triphane, trī′fān, n. spodumene.
Triphthong, trif′thong, n. a combination of three vowels to form one sound.—adj. Triphthong′al. [Gr. treis, three, phthongos, sound.]
Triphyllous, trī-fil′us, adj. (bot.) three-leaved. [Gr. tri, tris, thrice, phyllon, a leaf.]
Triphysite, trif′i-sīt, n. one of a Spanish sect of the 7th century who maintained the existence of three natures in Christ—the human, the divine, and a third resulting from the union of the other two. [Gr. treis, three, physis, nature.]