Trinomial Definition

trī-nōmē-əl
adjective
Consisting of three names or terms, as a taxonomic designation.
American Heritage Medicine
Composed of three terms.
Webster's New World
Of trinomials.
Webster's New World
noun
The scientific name of a plant or animal taxon, consisting of three words designating in order the genus, species, and subspecies or variety.
Webster's New World
A mathematical expression consisting of three terms connected by plus or minus signs.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Trinomial

Noun

Singular:
trinomial
Plural:
trinomials

Origin of Trinomial

  • tri– (bi)nomial

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Trinomial Sentence Examples

  • The terms trinomial, quadrinomial, multinomial, &c., are applied to expressions composed similarly of three, four or many quantities.

  • A multinomial consisting of two or of three terms is a binomial or a trinomial.

  • He introduced the terms multinomial, trinomial, quadrinomial, &c., and considerably simplified the notation for decimals.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRI

Words Ending With

LALIAL

Unscrambles

trinomial

Words Starting With T and Ending With L

Starts With T & Ends With LStarts With TR & Ends With LStarts With T & Ends With AL

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With T9 Letter Words Ending With L