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Definition of Trireme

Trireme
Trireme Tri"reme, n. [L. triremis; tri- (see Tri-) + remus an oar, akin to E. row. See Row to propel with an oar.] (Class. Antiq.) An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.

Meaning of Trireme from wikipedia

- A trireme (/ˈtraɪriːm/ TRY-reem; derived from Latin: trirēmis "with three banks of oars"; cf. Gr**** triērēs, literally "three-rower") was an ancient vessel...
- Olympias is a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme and an important example of experimental archaeology. It is also a commissioned ship in the...
- Trireme Partners LLP was a US limited partnership venture capital company that invested in technology, goods, and services related to Homeland Security...
- types of oared warships appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, su****ding the trireme and transforming naval warfare. Ships became increasingly large and heavy...
- powered by oarsmen, sometimes stacked in multiple levels such as biremes or triremes, and many of which also had sails. Initial efforts of the Romans to construct...
- and small pleasure crafts called pamphyles. The next development, the trireme, keeping the length of the bireme, added a tier to the height, the rowers...
- arranged in 15–30 pairs, from monoremes with a single line of oars to triremes with three lines of oars in a tiered arrangement. Occasionally, much larger...
- guidance of the Athenian politician Themistocles, to build a m****ive fleet of triremes that would be necessary for the Gr****s to fight the Persians. However,...
- τριήραρχος, romanized: triērarchos) was the title of officers who commanded a trireme (triēres) in the classical Gr**** world. In classical Athens, the title...
- of files. Polyremes comprise the trireme (3 files), quadrireme, quinquereme, hexareme or ****ireme (probably a trireme with two rowers per oar), septireme...