Trine (?), a. [See Trinal.]
Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth,
and thickness.
Trine, n. [F. trine, trin. See
Trinal.] 1. (Astrol.) 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, v. t. To put in the aspect of a
trine. [R.]
By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus
trined.
Dryden.
Trine (?), a. [See Trinal.]
Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth,
and thickness.
Trine, n. [F. trine, trin. See
Trinal.] 1. (Astrol.) 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, v. t. To put in the aspect of a
trine. [R.]
By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus
trined.
Dryden.
