triplicity

1. 1.

   (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees

   Synonymstrigon

   Broadertrio

   astrology

2. 2.

   the property of being triple

   Broadermagnitude

Other forms of triplicity

plural

triplicities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about triplicity

What does triplicity mean?

triplicity means "(astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in triplicity?

triplicity has 4 syllables: tri-pli-ci-ty. The stress falls on "pli".

What is another word for triplicity?

Close synonyms include trigon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is triplicity a common word?

triplicity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.