Usually means: Three identical substituents on molecule.
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  1. tris, tris: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Tri's, Tris, tris: Wordnik
  3. TRIS, TRIs, Tris, tris, tris-: Wiktionary
  4. Tris, tris-: Dictionary.com
  5. TRIS, Tris (disambiguation), Tris: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. TRIS: Encyclopedia

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  1. Tris: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. TRIS, tris-: Medical dictionary

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  1. tris: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (TRIS)

noun:  (organic chemistry) A flammable compound which forms a corrosive solution in water and is used as a buffer and emulsifying agent.
noun:  (organic chemistry) A phosphoric acid ester C₉H₁₅Br₆O₄P formerly used to flameproof clothes and especially children's nightclothes until it was found to cause cancer in animals.
noun:  A diminutive of the male given name Tristram or Tristan.
noun:  A diminutive of the female given name Patricia or Beatrice.
noun:  (US) Acronym of Transportation Research Information Services.

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