Meaning of tricolon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses.
   rhetoric
2. The symbol ⟨⁝⟩, a colon with three dots instead of two.

Equivalents

Examples

“By my count⟳, that’s three tricolons in just over 100 words. It’s almost impossible to make⟳ A.I. stop⟳ saying “It’s not X, it’s Y” — unless you tell⟳ it to write⟳ a story, in which case it’ll drop the format for a more literary “No X. No Y. Just Z.””

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