'Triennial' definitions:
Definition of 'triennial'
From: WordNet
adjective
Occurring every third year or lasting 3 years
noun
The 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: tercentennial, tercentenary, triennial]
Definition of 'Triennial'
From: GCIDE
- Triennial \Tri*en"ni*al\, a. [L. triennium the space of three years; tri- (see Tri-) + annus year. See Annual.]
- 1. Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a triennial reign. --Howell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Happening, coming about, or appearing once in every three years; as, triennial elections; a triennial catalogue; a triennial visitation. --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Triennial'
From: GCIDE
- Triennial \Tri*en"ni*al\, n. Something which takes place or appears once in three years. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'triennial'
From: GCIDE
- Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\ (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See Cycle.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of acyclic.
- Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
- Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic; homocyclic, isocyclic]
- Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of noncyclic.
- Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal), alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)}; alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal); biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal; fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek, midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial; semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly, biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial; bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly; monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal); triennial] [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. Marked by repeated cycles[2]. [WordNet 1.5]
- Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
- Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'triennial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amphibian,
- angiosperm,
- anniversary,
- annual,
- annual holiday,
- aquatic plant,
- biannual,
- bicentenary,
- bicentennial,
- biennial,
- bimonthly,
- birthday,
- bissextile day,
- biweekly,
- catamenial,
- centenary,
- centennial,
- commemoration,
- cosmopolite,
- cutting,
- daily,
- decennial,
- deciduous plant,
- diamond jubilee,
- dicot,
- dicotyledon,
- diurnal,
- ephemeral,
- evergreen,
- exotic,
- flowering plant,
- fortnightly,
- fungus,
- gametophyte,
- golden wedding anniversary,
- gymnosperm,
- hebdomadal,
- holy days,
- hourly,
- hydrophyte,
- immovable feast,
- jubilee,
- leap year,
- menstrual,
- momentary,
- momently,
- monocot,
- monocotyl,
- monthly,
- name day,
- natal day,
- octennial,
- perennial,
- plant,
- polycot,
- polycotyl,
- polycotyledon,
- quadrennial,
- quarterly,
- quasquicentennial,
- quincentenary,
- quincentennial,
- quinquennial,
- quotidian,
- secular,
- seed plant,
- seedling,
- semestral,
- semiannual,
- semimonthly,
- semiweekly,
- semiyearly,
- septennial,
- sesquicentennial,
- sextennial,
- silver wedding anniversary,
- spermatophyte,
- sporophyte,
- tercentenary,
- tercentennial,
- tertian,
- thallophyte,
- tricennial,
- vascular plant,
- vegetable,
- wedding anniversary,
- weed,
- weekly,
- yearly