1. groups of three letters or characters used in linguistic analysis or cryptography
Usage: linguistics; cryptography
2. sets of three symbols used in the I Ching divination system
Usage: Chinese philosophy

Examples

• The computer program analyzed trigrams to identify patterns in the text.
• Cryptographers use trigrams to break codes and ciphers.
• The linguist studied trigrams to understand letter frequency in English.
• Each I Ching hexagram consists of two trigrams stacked together.
• The eight trigrams represent fundamental forces in Chinese cosmology.
• Natural language processing often relies on trigram analysis for predictions.