Trident
. See Neptune
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These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Trident, Triggs, Trillium.
Triggs
OSCAR LOVELL, an American author; born in Greenwood, Ill., Oct. 2, 1865; was graduated at the University of Minnesota in 1889, and then studied in the Universities of Oxford and Berlin. In 1892 he became connected with the English Department of the University of Chicago He was the author of "Browning and Whitman: a Study in Democracy" (1893); "The Changing Order" (1901); and many review articles. He also edited Lydgate's "Assembly of Gods" (1895); and "Selections from Prose and Poetry of Walter Whitman” (1898).
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Trillium
. See Wake-Robin
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Trilobite
tri'lo-bit, one of a group of animals extinct since the coal age. Over 500 species have been described. They are found chiefly in limestone. The fossils are generally of a flattened oval figure, presenting three ridges or lobes running lengthwise, whence the name. They had compound eyes. Scientists are uncertain whether they are the fossils of animals related to crayfish or spiders, but it is believed that their nearest relatives now living are the horseshoe crabs.
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Trilogy
a series of three dramas, which, though complete each in itself, bear a certain relation to each other, and form one historical and poetical picture. The term belongs more particularly to the Greek drama. In Athens it was customary to exhibit on the same occasion three serious dramas, or a trilogy, at first connected by a sequence of subject, but afterward unconnected, and on distinct subjects, a fourth or satyric drama being also added, the characters of which were satyrs. Shakespeare's "Henry VI." may be called a trilogy.
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Trimorphism
in biology, the existence in certain plants and animals of three distinct forms, especially in connection with the reproductive organs. In trimorphic plants there are three forms, differing in the lengths of their pistils and stamens, in size and color of their pollen grains, and in some other respeets; and, as in each of the three forms there are two sets of stamens, the three forms possess altogether six sets of stamens and three kinds of pistils. These organs are so proportioned in length to each other that half the stamens in two of the forms stand on a level with the stigma of the third form. To obtain full fertility with these plants, it is necessary that the stigma of the one should be fertilized by pollen taken from the stamens of corresponding height in another form. Hence six unions are legitimate, i. e., fully fertile, and 12 are illegitimate, or more or less unfertile. Wallace has shown that the females of certain butterflies from the Malay Archipelago appear 2 in three conspicuously distinct forms without intermediate links. In crystallography, the occurrence of certain forms in minerals which have the same chemical composition, but are referable to three systems of crystallization.
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Trimurti
in comparative religion. the later Hindu triad Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva-considered as an inseparable unity. The Padma Purana, which, as a Purana of the Vaishnavas, assigns to Vishnu the highest rank, thus defines the Trimurti; "In the beginning of creation the great Vishnu, desirous of creating the world, produced from the right side of his body himself as Brahma; then, in order to preserve the world, he produced from the left side of his body Vishnu; and in order to destroy the world, he produced from the middle of his body the eternal Siva. Some worship Brahma, others Vishnu; one, yet threefold, creates, preserves, and destroys; therefore let the pious make no difference between the three." Trimurti, therefore, implies the unity of the three principles of creation, preservation, and destruction, and is an expression of philosophical, rather than of popular belief. The symbol of the Trimurti is the mystical syllable o (=a+u) m; where a stands for Brahma, u for Vishnu, and m for Siva. Also a representation of the Hindu triad. It consists of one human body with three heads, that of Brahma in the middle, that of Vishnu at the right, and that of Siva at the left.
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Trincomalee
a seaport. naval station, and harbor on the N. E. coast of Ceylon; 110 miles N. E. of Kandy. The town is built on a bold peninsula, which divides the inner and outer harbors. Here the Malabar invaders of Ceylon built the "Temple of Thousand a Columns," to which pilgrims flocked from all parts of India. This celebrated shrine was demolished in 1622 by the Portuguese, who fortified the heights with the materials derived from its destruction. It was next held by the Dutch, and subsequently by them and the French alternately, till the capture of Ceylon by the British in 1795. The Bay of Trincomalee is landlocked; the harbor is renowned for its extent and security; unlike every other in the Indian seas, it is accessible to every description of craft in every variation of weather, but it lies out of the course of trade, Colombo having in this respect a great advantage over it. Pop. about 12,000.
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Trine
RALPH WALDO, an American author; born in Mt. Morris, Ill., Sept. 9, 1866; was graduated at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., in 1891, and then pursued studies in history and social and political science at Johns Hopkins University. He became deeply interested in social problems; was made director of the American Humane Society and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His publications include: "The Life Books" (3 vols. 1896-1898); "The Greatest Thing Ever Crea- Known" (1898); "Every Living ture" (1899); "Character-Building Thought Power" (1900); "Land of Liv- The New Alinement ing Men" (1910); " of Life” (1913).
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Trinidad
trin'i-dad, an island which lies opposite the mouth of the Orinoco, just east of the Caribbean Sea . It is about eighty miles in length and has a population of perhaps 255,000. It was discovered by Columbus, who is said to have given the island its present name on account of three prominent peaks near the shore where he first saw it. Since 1797 it has belonged to Great Britain . The governor receives a salary of $25,000 a year. There are schools, railways, telephone and telegraph lines, and a botanic garden of note. The inhabitants speak French and Spanish. The chief products are sugar-cane, cacao, coffee, and molasses. Port of Spain is the chief seaport. It is the seat of the Orinoco trade. The island is of interest to the United States chiefly on account of the presence of a lake of pitch. Some 150,000 tons of asphalt are exported annually. See Asphalt
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