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ternary

adj
/ˈtɜː.nə.ɹi/UK/ˈtɝ.nə.ɹi/US

Etymology

From Late Latin ternārius (“consisting of three things”), from ternī (“three each”).

  1. derived from ternārius

Definitions

  1. Made up of three things.

  2. Arranged in groups of three.

  3. To the base three.

    • Perhaps the prettiest number system of all is the balanced ternary notation
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Having three variables.

    2. Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or…

      Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule.

      • Sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.

    3. Of an operator taking three operands.

      • An "if…then…else" construction is called a ternary operator when it is combined in one line of a program.

    4. A group of three things

      A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce.

    5. The Holy Trinity.

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Derived

biternary, ternary alloy, ternary code, ternary complex, ternary compound, ternary computer, ternary diagram, ternary expansion, ternary form, ternary Golay code, ternary Golay conjecture, ternary incremental representation, ternary logarithm, ternary logic, ternary name, ternary notation, ternary numeral system, ternary operation, ternary operator, ternary plot, ternary pulse code modulation, ternary quantic, ternary search, ternary search tree, ternary signal, ternary system, ternary tree

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ternary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA