Definitions for trinomial

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trinomial tri·no·mi·al

Spelling: [trahy-noh-mee-uh l]

IPA: /traɪˈnoʊ mi əl/

Trinomial is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 459 anagrams from letters in trinomial (aiilmnort).

Definitions for trinomial

adjective

1. Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
2. Biology. pertaining to a scientific name comprising three terms, as of genus, species, and subspecies or variety. characterized by the use of such names.

noun

1. Algebra. an expression that is a sum or difference of three terms, as 3 x + 2 y + z or 3 x 3 + 2 x 2 + x.
2. Biology. a trinomial name, as Rosa gallica pumila.

Origin of trinomial

First recorded in 1665-75; tri- + (bi)nomial

Examples for trinomial

The trinomial is used whenever subspecific identities could be made with a reasonable degree of certainty.

A trinomial in algebra is a quantity consisting of three terms.

Duellman used the trinomial for this population and named a new subspecies, pallidus, from Nayarit.

I have sometimes loosely speculated on what nomenclature would come to, and concluded that it would be trinomial.