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trichotomous

adj

Etymology

From trichotomy + -ous. Modelled on dichotomous.

  1. borrowed from τριχοτομία
  2. suffixed as trichotomous — “trichotomy + ous”

Definitions

  1. Divided into three parts, or into threes

    Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.

    • a trichotomous stem

  2. Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, exactly one of xRy, yRx or…

    Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, exactly one of xRy, yRx or x=y holds.

    • > is a trichotomous relation, while the relation "divides" over the natural numbers is not.

The neighborhood

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