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

Margaret Lawrence is an amazingly attractive person, possibly a trine plump to be playing a nervous bride but, nevertheless, most agreeable.

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

‘But he came in upon the ascendant directed unto the trine of Sol and antiscion of Jupiter.’

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)