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Definition of Trivial

Trivial
Trivial Triv"i*al, a. [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-) + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage.] 1. Found anywhere; common. [Obs.] 2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar. As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor. --De Quincey. 3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair. The trivial round, the common task. --Keble. 4. Of or pertaining to the trivium. Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name.
Trivial
Trivial Triv"i*al, n. One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.] --Skelton. Wood.

Meaning of Trivial from wikipedia

- three-way intersection). It was introduced into English as the adjective trivial in the 15th and 16th centuries. Modern usage of the term trivia dates back...
- Trivial Pursuit is a board game in which winning is determined by a player's ability to answer trivia and po****r culture questions. Players move their...
- Trivialism is the logical theory that all statements (also known as propositions) are true and that all contradictions of the form "p and not p" (e.g....
- mathematics, a trivial group or zero group is a group consisting of a single element. All such groups are isomorphic, so one often speaks of the trivial group...
- In chemistry, a trivial name is a non-systematic name for a chemical substance. That is, the name is not recognized according to the rules of any formal...
- theory, a trivial representation is a representation (V, φ) of a group G on which all elements of G act as the identity mapping of V. A trivial representation...
- In mathematics, the adjective trivial is often used to refer to a claim or a case which can be readily obtained from context, or an object which possesses...
- list of Trivial Pursuit editions and their trivia categories. Trivial Pursuit Master Game - Genus Edition (Original) (1981, Master Game) Trivial Pursuit...
- Trivial schools (Swedish: trivialskolan, Finnish: triviaalikoulu) were schools in Sweden and its integrated part Finland from the early 17th century,...
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