n. 1. A triangular lyre or harp of Roman and Greek antiquity. 2. See triplicity. 3. Archaic A triangle. [Latin trigōnum, from Greek trigōnon, from neuter of trigōnos, triangular : tri-, tri- + gōniā, angle; see -GON.] |
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