trine
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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
Last week, as the sun picked up the trine of Jupiter and Uranus, the new line was "Let's compare horoscopes," and many a forthright Virgo walked away enchantedly on the arm of a leering Libra.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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Sister, the sun has ceased to shine; By companies of twain and trine Stars gather; from the sea The moon comes momently.
From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by Moody, William Vaughn