tri

pref. three, triple, composed of three

TRI is a three-letter acronym that has several meanings:Three-Nations Research InstituteTri-Cities Regional Airport in Tennessee, its IATA airport codeTrinidad and TobagoToronto Rehabilitation InstituteToxics Release InventoryTriple reuptake inhibitorsUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
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For the numerical prefix  see Wiktionary. Tri may refer to:El Tri, Mexican rock groupTri (game), two- or three-player cooperative card gameTriangular function, tri(t)Triangulum, a constellation (standard astronomical abbreviation)Toxics Release Inventory, a program to report the amount of toxic wastes in the United States
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A numerical prefix is a prefix that denotes a number, which is usually a multiplier for the thing being prefixed. Numerical prefixes are usually derived from the words for numbers in various languages, most commonly Greek and Latin, although this is not necessarily the case.Numerical prefixes occur in five contexts:They occur in 19th, 20th and 21st century coinages, mainly the terms that are used in relation to or that are the names of technological innovations, such as and .They occur in constructed words such as systematic names. Systematic names use numerical prefixes derived from Greek, with one principal exception, . They occur as prefixes to units of measure in the SI system. See SI prefixes.They occur as prefixes to units of computer data. See binary prefixes.They occur in words in the same languages as the original number word, and their respective derivatives. (Strictly speaking, some of the common citations of these occurrences are not in fact occurrences of the prefixes. For example: is not formed from , but is in fact derived from the same shared Latin root – .)
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pref. tri, three, triple, composed of three

n. sorting out, sorting

A prefix meaning three, thrice, threefold; as in tricolored, tridentate.

  

A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting three proportional or combining part, or the third degree of that to the name of which it is prefixed; as in trisulphide, trioxide, trichloride.

  

Voir triage. 13/12/99

See triage. 13/12/99

1. The evaluation and classification of wounded for purposes of treatment and evacuation. It consists of the immediate sorting of patients according to type and seriousness of injury, and likehood of survival, and the establishment of priority for treatment and evacuation to assure medical care of the greatest benefit to the largest number. Also called "sorting". 1/11/77 2. In battlefield maintenance, the evaluation and classification of equipment by a maintenance unit for further action. Also called "sorting". 13/12/99