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Noun: trigram  'trI,gram
  1. A sequence or group of three letters, symbols, or words
    "Cat is an example of a trigram"
     
  2. (linguistics) a sequence of three consecutive words in a text, used in language analysis and processing
    "Natural language models often analyse text using trigrams"
     
  3. (Chinese) one of the eight basic symbols in the I Ching, consisting of three broken or unbroken lines
    "Each trigram in the I Ching represents a fundamental principle or natural element"

Derived forms: trigrams

Type of: written word

Encyclopedia: Trigram