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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tri | Greek- “Three” |
| trident | (n) A three pronged spear, especially as an attribute to Poseidon (Neptune) or Britannia. |
| trilogy | (n) A group of three related novels, plays, films, operas, or albums. |
| trifecta | (n) A bet in which the person betting forecast the first three finishers in a race in the correct order. |
| triad | (n) A group or set of three connected people or things. |
| triangle | (n) The assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses of decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties. |
| triathlon | (n) An athletic contest consisting of three different events, typically swimming, cycling, ad long-distance running. |
| triceratops | (n) A large herbivorous dinosaur that had a massive head with two large horns and a smaller horn of its beaked snout. |
| quad, quar | Latin- “Four” |
| quadrilateral | (n) A four-sided closed figure. |
| quadriceps | (n) A muscle group consisting of four muscles that is located along the front of the thigh. |
| quarter | (n) Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided. |
| quarantine | (n) A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed. |
| quadruple | (v) Increase or be increased fourfold. |
| quartet | (n) A group of four people playing music or singing together. |
| quadrant | (n) Anyu of the four quarters into which something is divided by two real or imaginary lines that intersect each other at right angles. |
| penta/quint | Gree/Latin- “Five” |
| pentagon | (n) A figure with five straight sides and five angles. |
| pentagram | (n) A five-pointed star that is formed by drawing a continuous line in five straight segments, often used as a mystic and megiacal symbol. |
| quintessential | (adj) The purest form of something. The word originates from the Ancient Greeks belief that everything was composed of four elements )earth, air, fire, and water). The fifth element was thought to be pure and superior to the other four. |
| quinary | (adj) Pertaining to or consisting of five arranged in fives; or, relating to , or noting a numerical system based on the number 5. |
| pentameter | (n) A line of poetry with five strong beats or a line of verse consisting of live units or rhythm, such as, five pairs of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
| quinate | (adj) Used to describe leaves that occur in clusters of five. |
| hex | Greek/Latin- “Six” |
| hexagon | (n) A plan figure with six straight sides and angles. |
| hexahedron | (n) A solid figure with six plane faces. |
| sextet | (n) A group of six people playing music or singing together. |
| sextuplet | (n) Each of six children born at one birth. |
| hexadactyly | (adj) Having many fingers, or toes, usually with reference to a condition wherein there are side digits on a hand or a foot; or on both hands and feet. |
| sexagenarian | (n) A person inn his/her sixties. |
| sex- | Greek/Latin- “Six” |