a. [f. TRI- 3 + DIURNAL.] a. Comprising three days. b. Occurring three times a day.

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  a.  1828.  J. Sterling, Ess., etc. (1848), II. 45. Various minor periods,… monthly, weekly, tridiurnal, and daily.

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  b.  1884.  Athenæum, 10 May, 602/1. He … commenced to make tridiurnal meteorological observations and to issue a daily weather report.

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