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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRIG'ON, n. [Gr. three, and angle.]
1. A triangle; a term used in astrology; also, trine, an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
2. A kind of triangular lyre or harp.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a three-sided polygon [syn: triangle, trigon, trilateral]
2: (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees [syn: triplicity, trigon]
3: a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin trigonum, from Greek trig?non, from neuter of trig?nos triangular, from tri- + g?nia angle — more at -gon Date: 1563 triplicity 1

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a triangle. 2 an ancient triangular lyre or harp. 3 the cutting region of an upper molar tooth. Etymology: L trigonum f. Gk trigonon neuter of trigonos three-cornered (as TRI-, -GON)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.