trielemental en · ADJ
Etymology
From tri- (“three”) + elemental.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having three different elements (in various senses).
Seizure of these two places lay well within the capabilities of our available forces, and together they would provide a firm trielemental base for further operations by land, sea, and air forces in the direction of Rabaul, New Britain, the Japanese base dominating the entire area.
1996, Merrill B. Twining, No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal, Random House, →ISBN, page 37:Generally, MXenes were synthesized by the chemical etching method where chemical etching agents were used to etch off one of layers within ABC-type trielemental layered compounds.
2020, Zhaokui Jin, Danyang Chen, Penghe Zhao, Yanyuan Wen, Mingjian Fan, Gaoxin Zhou, Yingshuai Wang, Qianjun He, “Coordination-induced exfoliation to monolayer Bi-anchored MnB2 nanosheets for multimodal imaging-guided photothermal therapy of cancer”, in Theranostics, →DOI:The armed forces themselves were to be cartelized in Prussian-type "trielemental" groups—ground forces, air forces and naval forces.
1949, Collier's: Incorporating Features of the American Magazine, Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, page 16: