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.””

CEFR level