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tri- meaning
EN
[traɪ]
Prefix
PRE
tri-
three
.
(chemistry)
Used
in
combination
with a
known
element
name
(e.g. 'tri-silicon') to
designate
an
unknown
element
that would
reside
three
periods
lower
than the
known
element
on a Mendeleev-
type
periodic
table.
See
Mendeleev's
predicted
elements
.
Meaning of
tri-
for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "tri-" is a
morpheme
, more specifically, a
prefixe
.
Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
Morphemes
Prefixes
Difficultness: Level 6
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Easy ➨ Difficult
Definiteness: Level 7
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Definite ➨ Versatile
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