trident

trident Definition

tri·dent (trīd′'nt)

noun

a three-pronged spear used by the retiarius in ancient Roman gladiatorial combats
a three-pronged fish spear
Gr. & Rom. Myth. a three-pronged spear borne as a scepter by the sea god Poseidon, or Neptune

Etymology: L tridens (gen. tridentis) < tri-, tri- + dens, tooth

adjective

three-pronged

trident Usage Examples

Converse of object

hold: In his hand, Neptune held a huge trident.
have: Indeed, he might really have impaled people, if he had had a trident.
carry: Over his shoulder are heaped the folds of a net, and he carries a trident.
use: It reports that the X15 Aylesbury to Milton Keynes service is to be double-decked using Tridents including the two currently at High Wycombe.

Adjective modifier

red: Unusually two red Tridents follow each other down George Street.
new: A Stagecoach Olympian, shortly to be replaced by new Tridents, round the Memorial on the 100 service.
low: The unidentified bus is one of several transferred to the former Midland Red fleet from London service, ousted by low floor Tridents.

Modifies a noun

passage: Downstream of the trident passage - pierces passage junction you come across two parallel quartz veins.
driver: October 16th My trident driver still doesn't work.
system: We have used the trident system as our testing ground for the ACE and aza-ACE methodology in order to assess coupling selectivities.

Noun used with modifier

floor: The unidentified bus is one of several transferred to the former Midland Red fleet from London service, ousted by low floor Tridents.

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