tris- (English, prefix)
expansion: tris-
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of tri- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs three times in the compound: trisphosphuret of copper is PCu₃; trisbenzeneazoresorcinol, C₆H(OH)₂(N₂Ph)₃.
tags: morpheme
obsolete
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of tri-, used for substitutions of three complex rather than simple units, as in,
tags: morpheme
Forms: