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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Trident | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for Trident | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Trident \Tri"dent\, a. [L. tridens.] Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Trident \Tri"dent\ (tr[imac]"d[eit]nt), n. [L. tridens, -entis; tri- (see {Tri-}) + dens tooth: cf. F. trident. See {Tooth}.] 1. (Class Myth.) A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators. 3. A three-pronged fish spear. 4. (Geom.) A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction. {Trident bat} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic rhinolophid bat ({Tri[91]nops Persicus}), having the nose membrane in the shape of a trident. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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Trident [More info?] (1997-07-16) | |
