tri achenium, tri achenium, triakenium

[Pref. tri-, and Mod. Lat. achœnium (q.v.).] Bot.: A fruit having three cells in an achenium; a kind of Cremocarp (q. v.). tri-a-çis, s . [Pref. tri- , and Gr. akis a point.] Ichthy.: A genus of Carchariidæ, from the Pacific and Indian Oceans. *tri-a-cle (1), s . [TREACLE.] A medicine, substance, or preparation which serves as an antidote; an antidote. "Is there no triacle in Gilead?"- Wycliffe : Jer . viii. 22. tri-a-cle (2), subst . [Etym. doubtful.] A kind of carriage. "Children's shattered carriages, spavined old breaks, a rickety triacle of the Portuguese period." -J. Capper: Pict ures from the East , p. 85. tri-a-con-ta-he-dral, a. [Gr. triakonta =thirty, and hedra a seat, a base.] 1. Ord . Lang .: Having thirty sides. 2. Crystall.: Bounded by thirty rhombs. tri-a-con-ter, s. [Gr. triakontērēs, from tri a konta thirty.] Gr. Antiq .: A ve el of thirty oars. tri-ăd, subst . [Fr. triade , from Lat. tri as (gen it. triad is ); Gr.tri as =a triad, from treis =three.] I. Ord. Lang .: A unity of three; three united. "True that the triad of scientific statements have really nothing to do with the fearle 'tag.'"-London Daily Telegraph. II. Technically : 1. Chem .: A name given to those elements which can directly unite with or replace three atoms of hydrogen, chlorine, or other monatomic element. The triads are boron, gold, indium, and thallium. 2. Music : (1) A chord of three notes. (2) A common chord or harmony, because it is formed of three radical sounds; a fundamental note or ba , its third and its fifth triads are said to be major, minor, augmented or diminished. 3. Literature : Three subjects, more or le con nected, formed into one continuous poem or subject; thus the Creation, Redemption, and Resurrection would form a triad. The conquest of England by the Romans, Saxons, and Normans would form a triad. Alexander the Great, Julius Cæsar, and Napoleon Bonaparte would form a triad. So would Law, Physic, and Divinity. In Welsh literature applied to a form of composition which came into use in the twelfth century. Triads are enumera tions or arrangements of events connected together in sets of three by some title or general observation under which they were considered to be included. Hindu Triad : Brahmanism: The three leading Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva. [TRIMURTI.] They characterized the second great development of Hinduism, Brahma not figuring at all in the Vedic hymns, Vishnu there being only the god of the shining firmament, while the conception of Siva was evolved from that of the Vedic Indra, the god of raging storms. tri-a-děl-phoŭs, a . [Pref. tri- , and Gr. adelphos a brother.] Bot.: Having the stamens in three brotherhoods, bundles, combinations, or a emblages, as in