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Triadic vs Trine - What's the difference?

triadic | trine |

As an adjective triadic

is of or relating to a triad.

As a proper noun trine is

, short form of katrine ( =catherine).

triadic

English

Adjective

  • of or relating to a triad
  • (obsolete) trivalent
  • (translation studies) describing interpreting that involves three parties, i.e., the two clients and the interpreter
  • * 2008 , Candace Séguinot, Translator and Interpreter Training: Issues, Methods and Debates , edited by John Kearns, Continuum International Publishing Group, p. 13:
    • The notion that one is doing a worthwhile job and the interpretation of just what kinds of intervention are possible are key in the issues of triadic interpreting...

    See also

    * monadic * dyadic * polyadic

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    trine

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Triple, threefold.
  • (astrology) Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.
  • * , III.1.2.ii:
    • The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets […].

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of three things.
  • * Elizabeth Browning
    • A single trine of brazen tortoises.
  • An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.

    • Verb

  • (astrology) To put in the aspect of a trine.
  • * Dryden
    • By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined .

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