Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

     #93.  Triplication. —­ N. triplication, triplicity[obs3];
trebleness[obs3], trine. 
     V. treble, triple; triplicate, cube. 
     Adj. treble, triple; tern, ternary; triplicate, threefold,
trilogistic[obs3]; third; trinal[obs3], trine. 
     Adv. three times, three fold; thrice, in the third place, thirdly;
trebly &c. adj.

     #94. [Division into three parts.] Trisection. —­ N. trisection,
tripartition[obs3], trichotomy; third, third part. 
     V. trisect, divide into three parts. 
     Adj. trifid; trisected &c. v.; tripartite, trichotomous[obs3],
trisulcate[obs3]. 
     Triadelphous[obs3], triangular, tricuspid, tricapsular[obs3],
tridental[obs3], tridentate, tridentiferous[obs3], trifoliate, trifurcate, trigonal[obs3], trigrammic[obs3], trigrammatic[obs3], tripetalous[obs3], tripodal, tripodic[obs3], triquetral[obs3], triquetrous[obs3].

<—­ note that square in the mathematical sense is more related to two
than to four.  Subdivide? —­>
     #95.  Four. —­ N. quaternity[obs3], four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion,
square, quarter.
     [planar form with four sides] tetract[obs3], tetragon, quadrangle,
rectangle.
     [three dimensional object with four surfaces] tetrahedron.
     quadrature, quadrifoil, quadriform, quadruplet; quatrefoil.
     [object or animal with four legs] tetrapod.
     [geographical area with four sides] quadrangle, quad[coll.].
     [electromagnetic object] quadrupole.
     [four fundamental studies] quadrivium. 
     V. reduce to a square, square. 
     Adj. four; quaternary, quaternal[obs3]; quadratic; quartile;
tetract[obs3], tetractic[obs3], tetractinal[obs3]; tetrad, tetragonal;
square, quadrate.

     #96.  Quadruplication. —­ N. quadruplication. 
     V. multiply by four, quadruplicate, biquadrate[obs3]. 
     Adj. fourfold, four times; quadrable[obs3], quadrumanous[obs3],
quadruple, quadruplicate, quadrible[obs3]; fourth.
     quadrifoliate[obs3], quadrifoliolate[obs3], quadrigeminal[obs3],
quadrigeminate[obs3], quadriplanar[obs3], quadriserial[obs3]. 
     Adv. four times; in the fourth place, fourthly.

     #97. [Division into four parts.] Quadrisection. —­ N. quadrisection,
quadripartition[obs3]; quartering &c. v; fourth; quart; quarter, quartern[obs3]; farthing (i.e. fourthing)[obs3]; quadrant. 
     V. quarter, divide into four parts. 
     Adj. quartered &c. v.; quadrifid[obs3], quadripartite.
     rectangular.

     #98.  Five, &c. —­ N. five, cinque[Fr], quint, quincux[obs3]; six,
half-a-dozen, half dozen; seven; eight; nine, three times three; dicker; ten, decade; eleven; twelve, dozen; thirteen; long dozen, baker’s dozen; quintuplet; twenty, score; twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen; twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred; forty, two score; fifty, half a hundred; sixty, three score; seventy, three score and ten; eighty,

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