trichotomic, a.
(trɪkəʊ-, traɪkəʊˈtɒmɪk)
[f. Gr. τρίχα triply + -τοµ-ος cut + -ic, after dichotomic.]
= trichotomous.
| 1873 Wagner tr. Teuffel's Hist. Rom. Lit. I. 442 A certain fondness of trichotomic composition. 1880 Athenæum 25 Dec. 851/3 To construct..the whole sum of human knowledge on the plan of a trichotomic system of self-division. 1882–3 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2394/1 The trichotomic view [of human nature] is found in the New Testament. |