Three vs Triparted - What's the difference?
three | triparted |
(cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as ; This many dots (•••).
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(of a set or group) Having three elements.
The digit/figure 3.
Anything measuring three units, as length.
A person who is three years old.
The playing card featuring three pips.
(heraldry) Parted into three pieces.
(botany) Divided nearly to the base into three segments or lobes.
(Webster 1913)
As a numeral three
is (cardinal) a numerical value after two and before four represented in arabic digits as ; this many dots (•••).As a noun three
is the digit/figure 3.As an adjective triparted is
(heraldry) parted into three pieces.three
English
(wikipedia three)Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Numeral
(head)- Venters began to count them—one—two—three —four—on up to sixteen.
Synonyms
* (numerical value) leash, tether (dialectal)See also
*Noun
(en noun)- Put all the threes in a separate container.
- All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
Derived terms
* threefold * threepence * threesome * thruppence * three-upSee also
* (Symbols of number three in various numeral systems) * * : 3 * * : ?, ? * : * * * * * * * * * * * * : * : III * * * *Statistics
*triparted
English
Adjective
(-)- a cross triparted
