different between trigon vs trigone

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (tríg?non, “triangle”), neuter substantive of ???????? (tríg?nos, “three-sided”), from ????? (treîs, “three”) + ????? (g?nía, “bend, angle”). Equivalent to tri- +? -gon. Doublet of trigonon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?a???n/, /?t?a???n/
• Hyphenation: tri?gon

Noun

trigon (countable and uncountable, plural trigons)

1. (countable, geometry, rare) A triangle.
2. (countable, historical, music) An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca.
3. (countable, astrology) A division consisting of three signs.
4. (countable, astrology) A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Hutton to this entry?)

5. (uncountable, historical) An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation.
6. (countable, zoology) The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Girton, Tignor, orting, roting

Gothic

Romanization

trig?n

1. Romanization of ????????????????????????

Romanian

Etymology

From French trigone.

Noun

trigon n (plural trigoane)

1. trigone

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tr?????n/, /?tr?????n/

Noun

trigone (plural trigones)

1. (botany) One of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join.
   • 1992, Marie L. Hicks, Guide to the Liverworts of North Carolina, page 66

     Leaf cells are about 25–30 ?m, with thin walls and bulging trigones.
2. (anatomy) A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, bounded by the apertures of the ureters and urethra; a similar region of a mitral valve

Related terms

• trigonal

Anagrams

• Negrito, ergotin, genitor, negrito, toe ring, toering

Italian

Noun

trigone m (plural trigoni)

1. stingray

Adjective

trigone

1. feminine plural of trigono

Anagrams

• integro, integrò, negrito, ritegno, ritengo, tingerò

Latin

Adjective

trig?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of trig?nus