trigram

[trahy-gram]

noun

1. a sequence of three adjacent letters or symbols.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trigram¹

First recorded in 1600–10; tri- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

Reliable statistical information can be compiled about common trigrams, precisely because they appear frequently.

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But no existing body of data will ever be large enough to include all the trigrams that people might use, because of the continuing inventiveness of language.

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