triplicities

Variant of triplicity

noun pl. triplicities

  1. the quality or condition of being triple
  2. a group of three
  3. Astrol. any of the four sets of three signs, each 120 degrees distant from the other two, into which the zodiac is divided; trigon

Origin: ME triplicite < ML triplicitas < L triplex: see triplex

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