n. In Chinese Taoism, a symbol composed of three marks each of two types (creating 8 possible symbols) which are used for philosophical discussion and divination (fortunetelling).
n. A trigraph.
n. a special case of the n-gram where n is 3, used in natural language processing for doing statistical analysis of texts
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Same as trigraph.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A geometrical form consisting of three elements, like a triangle, a triskele, a heart, etc.
n. In geometry, three coplanar, non-copunctal straights.
n. Same as trigraph.
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n. a word that is written with three letters in an alphabetic writing system
Word Usage
"A trigram is a combination of three lines, solid or broken, as found in the Chinese classic I Ching (The Book of Changes)."