different between trilling vs prilling

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l??

Etymology 1

Verb

trilling

1. present participle of trill

Noun

trilling (plural trillings)

1. The production of a trill sound.
   • 1910, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

     During the singing act these wing surfaces are moved rapidly on each other, producing the familiar strident trillings of midsummer.

Etymology 2

Compare German Drilling.

Noun

trilling (plural trillings)

1. (crystallography) A compound crystal consisting of three individuals.
   • 1974, Mineral Digest (volumes 6-8, page 148)

     Chrysoberyl is orthorhombic in symmetry. Like many orthorhombic minerals, it readily forms an intergrowth with two other individual crystals to make trillings with six sides or, at least, V-shaped twins.

2. (obsolete) One of three children born at the same birth; a triplet.

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Danish

Noun

trilling

1. triplet

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

From trillen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tr?.l??/
• Hyphenation: tril?ling
• Rhymes: -?l??

Noun

trilling f (plural trillingen, diminutive trillinkje n)

1. vibration, oscillation

Synonyms

• oscillatie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From trinnling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trili??/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

trilling m (definite singular trillingen, indefinite plural trillingar, definite plural trillingane)

1. triplet (one of three siblings born at the same time of the same mother)

References

• “trilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

trilling c

1. triplet

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l??

Noun

prilling (uncountable)

1. The solidification of droplets of molten material falling against an upward stream of air; used especially to agglomerate ammonium nitrate and urea for use as a fertilizer.
   • 2005, Douglas K. Louie, Handbook of Sulfuric Acid Manufacturing, page 5-11

     In air prilling, molten sulphur is sprayed from the top of a tower against an upward flow of air. As the sulphur falls, the sulphur droplets break into small droplets and cools into prills.

Related terms

• prill
• prilling tower

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