Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A trigraph, a sequence of three letters representing one phoneme.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
An n-gram consisting of three items from a sequence.
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Topics: computational, computing, engineering, human-sciences, linguistics, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Any of the eight combinations of three complete or broken lines forming half of a hexagram in Chinese system of divination I Ching.
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Qualifier: divination
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noun
a word that is written with three letters in an alphabetic writing system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: written word
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor. English -gram English trigram From tri- + -gram, literally “three marks”.
Across languages
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