trine

Example Sentences

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For example, when two planets are in harmony, they could be trine to one another, which is when they are 120 degrees apart.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine, in contrast, have their suns making a trine – an angle of 120 degrees.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2016

The fact that the new counterforce policy is a modification of existing doc trine has raised questions about why Carter has dramatized the change by making it a Presidential Directive.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Monroe Doc trine, he said, is dead, and should be buried "so that it should not poison the air by its decay."

From Time Magazine Archive

The professors of this art recognised five planetary aspects, viz., opposition, conjunction, sextile, square, and trine, each possessing its peculiar kind of influence on events.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel