Definition of Trilateral

1. Noun. A three-sided polygon.


2. Adjective. Involving three parties. "Trilateral talks"
Similar to: Mutual, Reciprocal

3. Adjective. Having three sides. "A trilateral figure"
Exact synonyms: Three-sided, Triangular
Similar to: Many-sided, Multilateral
Derivative terms: Triangle, Triangularity

Definition of Trilateral

1. a. Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle.

Definition of Trilateral

1. Adjective. Having three sides. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trilateral

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Trilateral

1. Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle. Trilat"erally, Trilat"eralness. Origin: L. Trilaterus; tri- (see Tri-) + latus, lateris, side: cf. F. Trilateral. See Lateral. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trilateral

trikatu
trike
trikes
triketohydrindene hydrate
triketohydrindene reaction
triketone
triketones
triketopurine
trikini
trikinis
trikosane
trilabe
trilaminar
trilaminar blastoderm
trilaminate
trilateral (current term)
trilaterally
trilateration
trilaterations
trilayer
trilayers
trilbies
trilby
trilbys
trild
trilemma
trilemmas
trilepton
trileptons
trilevel

Literary usage of Trilateral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform by William Hamilton (1861)
"These are:—1°, "Not-all triangle is all trilateral," equivalent to the proposition—u Some triangle is all trilateral;" 2°, "All triangle is not-all ..."

2. Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform by William Hamilton, Robert Turnbull (1853)
"The following are contraries:— 3°, " All triangle is-not (ie excludes) all trilateral," tantamount (though ambiguously) to the proposition—" Any triangle is ..."

3. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001)
"Bilateral and trilateral Co-operation Co-operation with neighbouring countries Bilateral co-operation between Hungary and its seven neighbours has evolved ..."

4. Institutes of Logic by John Veitch (1885)
"These propositions are vague, even if they were consistent, and cannot form the elements of the compound, nil triangle is all trilateral.1 (2) The objection ..."

5. Seeding Solutions by Crucible II Group, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (2000)
"trilateral world patent system? Patent offices in Japan, Europe and the United States handle approximately 80% of all patent applications worldwide. ..."

6. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1871)
"9- It is easy to see that for a complex cone the single sheet lies wholly in the 6 trilateral regions, and the twin-pair sheet wholly in the 2 trilateral ..."

7. The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley by Arthur Cayley (1892)
"And there is an intermediate form, viz. the three tangent planes at the inflexions may meet in a line, the 2 trilateral regions then disappear, ..."

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