Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRI-OC'TILE
TRI-OC'TILE, n. [L. tres, three, and octo, eight.]
In astrology, an aspect of two planets with regard to the earth, when they are three octants or eight parts of a circle, that is, 135 degrees distant from each other. Cyc.
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