Definition of Triphone

1. Noun. (context: phonetics) A triplet of adjacent phones. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Triphone

1. a shorthand sign [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triphone

triphenylene
triphenylenes
triphenylethylene
triphenylmethane
triphenylmethane dyes
triphenylmethanes
triphenylmethanol
triphenylmethylium
triphenylphosphane
triphenylphosphate
triphenylphosphine
triphenylphosphines
triphenylstibine
triphibian
triphibious
triphone (current term)
triphones
triphosgene
triphosphatase
triphosphatases
triphosphate
triphosphates
triphosphirane
triphosphoinositide
triphosphoinositides
triphosphopyridine
triphosphopyridine nucleotide
triphosphopyridine nucleotides
triphosphoric acid
triphosphoric acids

Literary usage of Triphone

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

1. The Works of John Knox by John Knox, David Laing (1895)
"THE WORDIS OF JUSTINE MARTYR, IN A DIALOGUE WHILK HE MAID WITH triphone ... That thing, sayeth triphone, maketh us muche to ..."

2. Brief Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand by Isaac Pitman (1914)
"The sign representing a diphthong and vowel is called a triphone. ... Suggest half-a-dozen examples in which the triphone is employed and write a line of ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1888)
"... of the New Testament, &c., 6 vols., 4to. London, 1760." $3.50 each. "Justinus Martyr. Apolo- giac duae et Dialogus Cum triphone Judaeo, Cum Notis et ..."

4. Coryat's Crudities: Hastily Gobled Up in Five Moneths Travells in France by Thomas Coryate, George Coryate (1905)
"... as an Apology for the Christians to the Emperour Adrian, and Antoninus Pius: against triphone the Jew, &c. at last they both were martyred. ..."

5. Satirical Poems of the Time of the Reformation by Robert Sempill, Thomas Churchyard (1893)
"... fifth king of Rome, xliii. 51. Traill, xxxix. 137. Trent, in Austria, xxxi. 47, xxxviii. 25. triphone, Tryphon, xlv. 42. Troy, xliii. 43. ..."

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