trichotomy
noun/tɹaɪˈkɒt.ə.mi/UK/tɹaɪˈkɑt.ə.mi/US
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τριχοτομία (trikhotomía), from τρίχα (tríkha) + τόμος (tómos) + -ία (-ía).
- borrowed from τριχοτομία
Definitions
Division or separation into three groups or pieces.
the property of an order relation whereby, given an ordered pair of elements (of a given…
the property of an order relation whereby, given an ordered pair of elements (of a given algebraic structure), exactly one of these is true: the first element is 'less than' the second one, the second is 'less than' the first, or the two elements are equal.
- [A linear order] obeys the following trichotomy law[.]
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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