Definition of three

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Three (n.) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

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Gorgon :: Gorgon (n.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa..
Tenuis :: Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages..
Tricuspidate :: Tricuspidate (a.) Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a tricuspidate leaf..
Xylene :: Xylene (n.) Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily, inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes, and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene. Called also xylol..
Digit :: Digit (n.) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch..
Halibut :: Halibut (n.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish..
Triad :: Triad (n.) An element or radical whose valence is three.
Tierce :: Tierce (a.) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
Quadric :: Quadric (n.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics..
Trijugate :: Trijugate (a.) In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets..
Pyrocitric :: Pyrocitric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid, and called respectively citraconic, itaconic, and mesaconic acid..
Threepence :: Threepence (n.) A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
Tricipital :: Tricipital (a.) Having three heads, or three origins; as, a tricipital muscle..
Triplet :: Triplet (n.) A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united.
Trithing :: Trithing (n.) One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; -- now called riding.
Trihoral :: Trihoral (a.) Occurring once in every three hours.
Rafflesia :: Rafflesia (n.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet..
Trichotomous :: Trichotomous (a.) Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a trichotomous stem..
Triplet :: Triplet (n.) Three verses rhyming together.
Trisyllabical :: Trisyllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, syllable is a trisyllabic word..
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