[ noun ] the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one <noun.quantity>
Trine \Trine\, a. [See {Trinal}.] Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
Trine \Trine\, n. [F. trine, trin. See {Trinal}.] 1. (Astrol.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.
In sextile, square, and trine. --Milton.
2. A triad; trinity. [R.]
A single trine of brazen tortoises. --Mrs. Browning.
Eternal One, Almighty Trine! --Keble.
Trine \Trine\, v. t. To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.]
By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. --Dryden.