tri

T1R1I1
/tɹaɪ/

noun

triathlon

“a tri bike”

CommonScrabble 3

Meanings

tri1

nountri (plural tris)

plural tris

  1. attributivetriathlon

    a tri bike

    1 more example

    a tri suit

  2. computer graphicstriangle

    Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes.

    2010, Tony Mullen, Claudio Andaur, Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making, page 91
    1 more example

    The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris. Anything within that range is sufficient to accommodate all superficial anatomical details without resort to optimization beyond normal model cleanup.

    2009, Andrew Paquette, Computer Graphics for Artists II: Environments and Characters
  3. colloquialuncommonbodybuildingtriceps

TRI2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Toxic Release Inventory.
  2. USabbreviationinitialismartificial intelligenceInitialism of Toyota Research Institute.
nounTRI (plural TRIs)

plural TRIs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Triple Reuptake Inhibitor.

Tri3

proper nounTri (plural Tris)

plural Tris

  1. A surname from Vietnamese.

Origin

tri · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes“three”
  2. Englishtri

Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).

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Tri · proper noun

A Vietnamese surname.

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APA

tri. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tri

MLA

“tri.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tri. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tri,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tri.

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