Tri"umph*ing, a. Having or celebrating a triumph; victorious;
triumphant. — Tri"umph*ing*ly, adv.
||Tri*um"vir (?), n.; pl. L. Triumviri (#), E. Triumvirs (#). [L., fr.
||res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See Three, and Virile.] (Rom.
||Antiq.) One of tree men united in public office or authority.
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In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly
exercised sovereign power. Julius Cæsar, Crassus, and Pompey were the
first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the
second and last.
Tri*um"vi*rate (?), n. [L. triumviratus: cf. F. triumvirat.] 1.
Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a
government.
2. A coalition or association of three in office or authority;
especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the
Roman empire.
Tri*um"vi*ry (?), n. A triumvirate. [Obs.] Shak.
Tri"une (?), a. [Pref. tri- + L. unus one. See One.] Being three in
one; — an epithet used to express the unity of a trinity of persons in
the Godhead.
||Tri*un"gu*lus (?), n.; pl. Triunguli (#). [NL. See Tri-, and
||Ungulate.] (Zoöl.) The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has
||feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of
||Oil beetle, under Oil.
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Tri*u"ni*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being triune; trinity. Dr.
H. More.
Triv"a*lence (?), n. (Chem.) The quality or state of being trivalent.
Triv"a*lent (?), a. [Pref. tri- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See
Valence.] (Chem.) Having a valence of three; capable of being combined
with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; —
said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in
ammonia.
Tri"valve (?), n. [Pref. tri- + valve.] Anything having three valves,
especially a shell.
Tri*val"vu*lar (?), a. [Pref. tri- + valvular.] Having three valves;
three-valved.
Triv"ant (?), n. A truant. [Obs.] Burton.
Tri*ver"bi*al (?), a. [Pref. tri- + L. verbum a word.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for
hearing causes, when be might speak the three characteristic words of
his office, do, dico, addico. They were called dies fasti.
Triv"et (?), n. [Probably through French fr. L. tripes, -edis,
three-footed; tri- (see Tri- )+ pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. trépied. See
Foot, and cf. Tripod.] 1. A tree-legged stool, table, or other support;
especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a
tripod. [Written also trevet.]