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English

Adjective

  1. Made up of three things; treble, triadic, triple, triplex
  2. Arranged in groups of three
  3. To the base three
  4. Having three variables


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Noun

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


io:ternary lt:ternary ta:ternary te:ternary vi:ternary

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, n.; pl. Ternaries.
A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a
triad.
[1913 Webster]

Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single.
--Holder.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, a. [L. ternarius, fr. terni. See Tern,
a.]
1. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary
number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and
held in great veneration.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Chem.) 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; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary
compound.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet ternary
adj : having three units or components or elements; "a ternary
operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding
made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three
beats per measure"; "triplex windows" [syn: treble, triple,
triplex]
n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce,
leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternion,
triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace]
Moby Dictionary
clover , deuce-ace , leash , set of three , shamrock , tercet , tern ,
ternal , ternate , ternion , terzetto , three , three-ply , threefold ,
threesome , tierce , treble , trefoil , trey , triad , trialogue ,
triangle , tricorn , trident , triennium , trihedron , trilogic ,
trilogy , trimester , trinal , trine , trinity , trinomial , trio ,
triphthong , triple , triple crown , triple threat , triplet , triplex ,
triplicate , triplopy , tripod , triptych , trireme , triseme ,
triskelion , trisul , triumvirate , triunity , trivet , troika


FOLDOC ternary

A description of an operator taking three
arguments. The only common example is C's ?: operator which
is used in the form "CONDITION ? EXP1 : EXP2" and returns EXP1
if CONDITION is true else EXP2. Haskell has a similar "if
CONDITION then EXP1 else EXP2" operator.

See also unary, binary.

(1998-07-29)


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