TRITONE

, in Music, a false concord, consisting of three tones, or a greater third, and a greater tone. Its ratio or proportion in numbers, is that of 45 to 32.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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TRIPLE
TRIPLICITY
TRISECTION
TRISPAST
TRITE
* TRITONE
TROCHILE
TROCHLEA
TROCHOID
TROPHY
TROPICAL