Defn: Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
TRINE
Trine, n. Etym: [F. trine, trin. See Trinal.]
1. (Astrol.)
Defn: The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. In sextile, square, and trine. Milton.
2. A triad; trinity. [R.] A single trine of brazen tortoises. Mrs. Browning. Eternal One, Almighty Trine! Keble.
TRINE
Trine, v. t.
Defn: To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.]
By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. Dryden.
TRINERVATE Tri*nerv"ate, a. Etym: [NL. trinervatus; pref. tri- + L. nervus nerve.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; — said of a leaf. Gray.
TRINERVE; TRINERVED
Tri"nerve`, Tri"nerved`, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + nerve.] (Bot.)