trifecta
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /tɹaɪˈfɛktə/
trifecta (plural trifectas)
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) A bet in which the bettor must select the first three placegetters of a race in the order in which they finish.
- 2006, Vincent Conti, Thoroughbred Horse Racing Systems and Methodologies, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9cZdKqHeeFEC&pg=PA9&dq=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7QWZUIWVC4memQWG0IDICQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 9],
- The conservative player will play the exacta box bet and the occasional trifecta box wager.
- 2010, Leonard A. Asimow, Mark M. Maxwell, Probability and Statistics with Applications: A Problem Solving Text, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZL3QQZsp6DAC&pg=PA10&dq=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7QWZUIWVC4memQWG0IDICQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 10],
- In a trifecta, you must wager on three horses: the one that finishes first (win), the one that finishes second (place), and the one that finishes third (show) in order.
- 2006, Vincent Conti, Thoroughbred Horse Racing Systems and Methodologies, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9cZdKqHeeFEC&pg=PA9&dq=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7QWZUIWVC4memQWG0IDICQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 9],
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) The attainment of three important achievements, qualities, etc.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, by extension) A set of three related things, often things that cause problems.
- 2007, Michael Morrison, Head First JavaScript, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xsmBjw814qwC&pg=PA525&dq=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7QWZUIWVC4memQWG0IDICQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 525],
- Along with runtime errors, two other errors we saw earlier round out the JavaScript bug trifecta: syntax errors, logic errors, and runtime errors.
- 2011, Beatriz Scaglia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ii6bZwEACAAJ&dq=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7QWZUIWVC4memQWG0IDICQ&redir_esc=y The Trifecta of Evil and the Crisis of Faith: Devil, Satan, and Lucifer].
- 2011, Markus Horner, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=76q-ZwEACAAJ&dq=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7QWZUIWVC4memQWG0IDICQ&redir_esc=y Consistently Persistent: Living with the Tourette Trifecta].
- 2007, Michael Morrison, Head First JavaScript, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xsmBjw814qwC&pg=PA525&dq=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7QWZUIWVC4memQWG0IDICQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22trifecta%22%7C%22trifectas%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 525],
- (US politics) The complete legislative and executive control of state government by one party: governorship, the upper house, and the lower house of state legislatures. The party that holds all three positions of power is said to have a trifecta.
- (US politics) Control by one party of the federal government: the presidency and both houses of Congress.
- French: tiercé
- German: Dreierwette
- Italian: tris
- Spanish: trifecta (Arg., Chile)
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