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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; from Latin trirēmis 'with three banks of oars'; cf. Ancient Gr****: τριήρης, romanized: triḗrēs, lit. 'three-rower') was...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- construction of the Ancient Gr**** trireme. His research led to the construction of the first working replica of triremes, the fastest and most devastating...
- English classicist whose work led to the reconstruction of an Athenian Trireme, an ancient oared warship. From Lindfield, Sus****, Morrison was educated...
- that the trireme was invented in Sidon around 700 BC and later adopted by the Gr****s. The classicist J. S. Morrison, a student of the trireme, quotes Thucydides'...