What is a trial number?

A trial number is a number that refers to three members of the designated class.

• What is number?

Pei and Gaynor 1954 220

Gove 1966 2439

Context for this page:

• Concept module: trial number
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): T
• In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
• In bookshelf: Linguistics

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