Tril"lion (?), n. [F. trillion, formed from the pref. tri- in imitation
of million a million. Cf. Billion.] According to the French notation,
which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States,
the number expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million
millions; according to the English notation, the number produced by
involving a million to the third power, or the number represented by a
unit with eighteen ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
||Tril"li*um (?), n. [NL.; cf. L. trilix triple-woven, triple.] (Bot.)
||A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; — so
||called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.
||
||Tril"lo (?), n. [It. See Trill.] (Mus.) A trill or shake. See Trill.
||
Tri*lo"bate (?), a. [Pref. tri- + lobate.] Having three lobes.
Tri`lo*ba"tion (?), n. The state of being trilobate.
Tri"lobed (?), a. [Pref. tri- + lobe.] Same as Trilobate.
||Tri`lo*bi"ta (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of
||arthropods comprising the trilobites.
||
Tri"lo*bite (tr"l*bt), n. [Cf. F. trilobite. See Trilobate.] (Paleon.)
Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the
order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and
Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So
named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment.
Tri`lo*bit"ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites; as,
trilobitic rocks.
Tri*loc"u*lar (?), a. [Pref. tri- + locular: cf. F. triloculaire.]
Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular
heart.
Tril"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. trilogi`a; pref. tri- (see Tri-) + lo`gos
speech, discourse: cf. F. trilogie.] A series of three dramas which,
although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual
relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's "
Henry VI." is an example.
On the Greek stage, a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality of
three dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutively in
the course of one day.
Coleridge.
{ Tri*lu"mi*nar (?), Tri*lu"mi*nous (?), } a. [Pref. tri- + L. lumen,
luminis, light.] Having three lights [R.]
Trim (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trimmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trimming.]
[OE. trimen, trumen, AS. trymian, trymman, to prepare, dispose, make
strong, fr. trum firm, strong; of uncertain origin.] 1. To make trim;
to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing;
to adjust.
The hermit trimmed his little fire.
Goldsmith.
2. To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to
trim a hat.
A rotten building newly trimmed over.
Milton.