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TRIPLICITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does triplicity mean?
• TRIPLICITY (noun)
The noun TRIPLICITY has 2 senses:
1. (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees
2. the property of being triple
Familiarity information: TRIPLICITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
trigon; triplicity
Hypernyms ("triplicity" is a kind of...):
triad; trio; triple; triplet (a set of three similar things considered as a unit)
Domain category:
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being triple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("triplicity" is a kind of...):
magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small))
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