trigon

Meaning

Noun

• A triangle.
• An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca.
• A division consisting of three signs.
• A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
• An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation.
• The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part.

Origin

• From Ancient Greek τρίγωνον ("triangle"), neuter substantive of τρίγωνος, from τρεῖς + γωνία. Equivalent to tri- + -gon. trigonon.