trefoil
IPA: trˈɛfɔɪɫ
noun
- Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
- A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.
- (topology) Ellipsis of trefoil knot. [(topology) A knot formed by joining the two loose ends of a overhand knot to form a knotted loop; the simplest non-trivial knot.]
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Examples of "trefoil" in Sentences
- The trefoil is an alternating knot.
- The wings charged with a trefoil Or.'.
- It features lancet and trefoil windows.
- The heraldic trefoil is a stylized clover.
- In the middle stage there are trefoil windows.
- The association's symbol is a stylized trefoil.
- The association's symbol is basically a trefoil.
- The trefoil is not a symbol of scouting, but of guiding.
- It is sometimes designated by the term trefoil, three leaved.
- The trefoil knot is named after the three leaf clover or trefoil plant.
- * Bersîm is a kind of trefoil, the _Trifolium Alexandrinum_ of LINNÆUS.
- The braid group in turn is isomorphic to the knot group of the trefoil knot.
- * Hmmm. Sweet trefoil is purportedly yet another name for this close fenugreek relation.
- Adidas is cracking down on underground designers who replace the company's "trefoil" logo with a pot leaf.
- Friedman combined these by twisting wire to form the simplest knot there is - an overhand knot mathematicians call a trefoil - and then dipping it into soapy water.
- Most intriguing was a black incense burner, depicting a man wearing a distinctive headdress, marked by a trefoil shape on its forehead like the tassel of a jester's cap.
- Because neither of he kits were sponsored my Puma, He also re-designed the Puma logo on the shirt to look like the ones on the original shirts, therefore the Ennerre logo is given a Puma make-over, this is also goes for the Adidas logo which was on the Boca shirt, using the trefoil idea i reworked it creating a similar logo for Puma.
- (1290-1298), it consists of a lofty central arch with smaller openings on the sides; above the arches are enriched gables with pinnacles and finials; over the centre arch in a trefoil is a figure of the Saviour; the restoration of the north side of this monument will afford some idea of its original appearance; the effect has been somewhat subdued by the softened light from the east window.