trigon

¹ American  

[trahy-gon] / ˈtraɪ gɒn /

noun

1. a triangle.

2. an ancient Greek stringed instrument with a triangular shape.

3. Astrology Archaic.

   1. trine.

   2. triplicity.

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trigon. ² American  

abbreviation

1. trigonometric.

2. trigonometrical.

3. trigonometry.

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trigon British  

/ ˈtraɪɡɒn /

noun

1. (in classical Greece or Rome) a triangular harp or lyre

2. an archaic word for triangle

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Etymology

Origin of trigon

1555–65; < Latin trigōnum triangle < Greek trígōnon, noun use of neuter of trígōnos three-angled. See tri-, -gon

Example Sentences

The trigon, America’s beloved name for a three-sided shape.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2025

The first English writers, when they punctuated at all, availed themselves of long-forgotten symbols like the diastole and trigon, the interpunct and the diple.

From Economist • Mar. 10, 2016

Trig′onal, triangular in cross-section: three-angled, esp. in botany; Trigon′ic, pertaining to a trigon; Trig′onous, three-angled.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

His musics, his trigon, his golden thigh, Or his telling how elements shift, but I Would ask, how of late thou best suffered translation, And shifted thy coat in these days of reformation.

From Volpone; Or, the Fox by Jonson, Ben

Thus, when the three superior planets met in Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius, they formed a fiery trigon; when in Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, a watery one.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger