Trine (?), a. [See Trinal.]
Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
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Trine, n. [F. trine, trin. See Trinal.]
1. Astrol.
The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.
In sextile, square, and trine.
Milton.
2.
A triad; trinity.
[R.]
A single trine of brazen tortoises.
Mrs. Browning.
Eternal One, Almighty Trine!
Keble.
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Trine, v. t.
To put in the aspect of a trine.
[R.]
By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined.
Dryden.
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