▪ I. † ˈtrinomy1 Math. Obs. rare.
[formed with tri- after binomy.]
= trinomial B. 1.
| 1571 Digges Pantom. iv. xxi. Cc iij b, By reduction of the former Trinomye to a Binomye. |
▪ II. trinomy2 rare.
(ˈtrɪnəmɪ)
[f. tri- + Gr. -νοµία, -nomy.]
A threefold law, rule, or arrangement.
| 1838 Fraser's Mag. XVIII. 556 Its greatest pivot consists in the fundamental trinomy of understanding, discerning, and contempering. |