Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
triformed .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a triple form or character.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having three different
forms
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Examples
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He observed that the planet presented a triform appearance, and that on each side of the central globe there were two objects, in close contact with it, which caused it to assume an ovoid shape.
The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
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Briareus, and the beast of Lerna hissing horribly, and the Chimaera armed with flame, Gorgons and Harpies, and the body of the triform shade.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Galileo perceived that Saturn presented a triform appearance, and that, instead of one body, there were three, all in a straight line, and apparently in contact with each other, the middle one being larger than the two lateral ones.
The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
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Altars are reared around, and the priestess, with hair undone, thrice peals from her lips the hundred gods of Erebus and Chaos, and the triform Hecate, the triple-faced maidenhood of Diana.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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The mystic triform Deity is in him of the jewel and lotos (Sangha).
The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885
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These were followed by crowds of both sexes and all ages, bearing in their hands the mystic triform flower, emblematic of the sacred circle,
The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Anna Harriette Leonowens 1874
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Huyghens, in March, 1655, solved the problem of the triform appearance of Saturn.
Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Henry White Warren 1871
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These were followed by crowds of both sexes and all ages, bearing in their hands the mystic triform flower, emblematic of the sacred circle, Om, or Aum.
The English Governess at the Siamese Court Leonowens, Anna H 1870
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Necessity, guided by "the triform fates and the unforgetful Furies," whom he asserts to be sovereign over Jupiter himself.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The triform are 88 feet long and 10 feet wide, having small rooms at the sides for keeping the valuables connected with the church.
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