trigraphic

adjective

tri·​graph·​ic (ˈ)trī¦grafik 

1

: of, relating to, or consisting of a trigraph

a trigraphic unit

2

: proceeding (as in encipherment) by groups of three letters at a time

trigraphic substitution

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