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trinomial

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Consisting of three names or parts or terms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

An expression consisting of three terms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English -nomial English trinomial From tri- + -nomial.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тричленен (tričlenen) — consisting of three parts
  • Esperanto: trinoma — consisting of three parts
  • Finnish: kolmiosainen — consisting of three parts
  • Galician: trinomial — consisting of three parts
  • Italian: trinomiale — consisting of three parts
  • Manx: tree-ennymagh — consisting of three parts
  • Manx: tree-hearmagh — consisting of three parts
  • Bulgarian: тричлен (tričlen) — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Esperanto: trinomo — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Estonian: kolmliige — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Finnish: trinomi — an expression consisting of three terms
  • French: trinôme — an expression consisting of three terms
  • German: Trinom — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Italian: trinomio — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Japanese: 三項式 (sankōshiki) — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Khmer: ត្រីធា (trəythie) — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Polish: trójmian — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Portuguese: trinómio — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Portuguese: trinômio — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Romanian: trinom — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Russian: трёхчле́н (trjoxčlén) — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Russian: трино́м (trinóm) — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Spanish: trinomio — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Tagalog: talukay — an expression consisting of three terms
  • Thai: ตรีนาม — an expression consisting of three terms