Noun : The triquetra was often used in ancient art to symbolize a triune deity. From Dictionary.com.
Wedding ring on my finger and a celtic cross with triquetra on a silver chain around my neck. From Wordnik.com. [Male Jewelry « Whatever] Reference
I disagree; I think that the fact that the 3 circles intersected makes a triquetra makes it funnier. From Wordnik.com. [Scary stories.] Reference
My guess is carbon fiber also known as "crabon fribé" produces a triquetra, and titanium makes a rhombus. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Product Review: Bicycle Book Shootout!] Reference
The former is dominated by Dipterocarpus zeylanicus and D. hispidus, with Vitex altissima, Chaetocarpus castanocarpus, Dillenia retusa, D. triquetra, Myristica dactyloides, and Semecarpus gardneri. From Wordnik.com. [Sri Lanka lowland rain forests] Reference
Three is also found as a foundation element in beliefs from around the world, from different times and ways of thought, and it is respresented by myriad symbols: triskeles, triskelions, trefoils, triquetra, tomoye, and more. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Three] Reference
L. cauda longa extimo triquetra, corpore glabro, dorfb Iquaniarum iineis quacuor. From Wordnik.com. [Caroli a Linné. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis] Reference
Crabon fribe' = triquetra 'cuz of the woven pattern of the material & the woven nature of the symbol. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Product Review: Bicycle Book Shootout!] Reference
The surface of the terminal is treated as a cross placed asymmetrically within a plain border and with triquetra knots between the arms. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]] Reference
Grevillea, having pinnatifid leaves with very long divisions, the blossoms of a fine red, and the seed-vessels containing two flat seeds, surrounded by a narrow transparent membrane; Leucopogon juniperinum and lanceolatum; a Dodonaea with long linear leaves and D. triquetra, were frequent. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845] Reference
Ed& triquetra aliis, aliis quadrata necefle 'ft. From Wordnik.com. [T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex] Reference
Etle triquetra aliis, aliis quadrata necefle 'ft. From Wordnik.com. [T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex] Reference
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