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trissa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • caster noun A small swivelling wheel fixed to the underside of furniture or equipment so it can roll.
  • goad noun A long pointed stick used to prod animals into moving.
  • pulley noun A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a grooved rim over which a rope or chain runs, used to lift or move loads.
  • whorl noun Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.

Senses

trissa is used for these senses in English:

  • caster (automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.
  • goad To incite or provoke.
  • pulley (engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
  • whorl A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle. [from c. 1460]

caster — full definition

  1. noun A small swivelling wheel fixed to the underside of furniture or equipment so it can roll.
  2. noun A small container with a perforated top for sprinkling sugar, salt, or other condiments.
  3. noun Someone or something that casts, in the sense of throwing or shaping.

goad — full definition

  1. noun A long pointed stick used to prod animals into moving.
  2. verb To provoke or push someone into doing something, often by teasing or taunting.

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