Category:Trio

Tri"o, n. Etym: [it., fr. L. tres, tria, three: cf. F. trio, from the Italian. See three.]

1. Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting Together; a set of three; three united. The trio were well accustomed to act together, and were linked to Each other by ties of mutual interest. Dickens.

2. (mus.) (a) a composition for three parts or three instruments. (b) the secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or scherzo, as In a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance forms; -- Not limited to three parts or instruments.