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   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.
   
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   In sextile, square, and trine. Milton.
   
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   2. A triad; trinity. [R.]
   
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   A single trine of brazen tortoises. Mrs. Browning.
   
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   Eternal One, Almighty Trine! Keble.
   
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   Trine, v. t. To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.]
   
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   By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. Dryden.
   
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