Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Composed of three or arranged in threes.
- adj. Mathematics Having the base three.
- adj. Mathematics Involving three variables.
- n. A group of three.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In mathematics, having three variables.
- In old chemistry, applied by Dalton to substances consisting of three atoms — either A + 2 B or 2 A + B.
- n. A trinity.
- Proceeding by threes; consisting of three: as, a ternary flower (that is, one having three members in each cycle); a ternary chemical substance (that is, one composed of three elements).
- n. The number three; a group of three.
Wiktionary
- adj. Made up of three things; treble, triadic, triple, triplex
- adj. Arranged in groups of three
- adj. mathematics To the base three
- adj. mathematics Having three variables
- n. A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three.
- adj. (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.
- n. A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having three units or components or elements
- n. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Etymologies
- Late Latin ternarius ("consisting of a single thing"), from tertius ("third"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Latin ternārius, from ternī, three each; see tern2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The Python ternary is that undead () if 'yes' else 'grr. argh.”
“A century earlier, Franco of Cologne had explicitly associated the idea of ternary rhythm with the Christian trinity, but from now onwards, every value had to be able to be divided by either two or three.”
“The lottery schemes are what is known as the ternary combination of seventy-eight numbers, being one to seventy eight, inclusive; or, in other words, 'three number' schemes.”
“Because most languages only have one operator that requires three arguments, it is known as the ternary operator, although in theory there could be more.”
“This is essentially an if statement but in a more concise form known as a ternary operator, and would be no different than writing:”
“Lines 5 through 7 use a "ternary" operator that basically says, "If the left css property equals 0, move the element to the left as many pixels as it is wide (including padding and border); if not, move it back to 0.”
“The lottery schemes are what is known as the ternary combination of seventy-eight numbers, being one to seventy-eight, inclusive; or in other words, 'three number' schemes.”
Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City
“I must say that Python's ternary operator is really ugly, though.”
“You can easily replicate ternary functionality using tuples then the conditional to select the appropriate one. e.g. ( "b", "a") [True] 'a”
“If you want it to read like a typical ternary, you can do 'cond and "a" or "b"' to achieve the same result. e.g. True and "a" or "b”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ternary’.
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phrontistery-t
from phrontistery.info
tyromancy, tyroma, tyroid, tyriasis, tyrannicide, typtology, typothetae, typomania, typography, typographia, typhonic, typhomania and 930 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2042 more...
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words 2
janiform, remora, sprat, stoa, sone, lea, scow, atoll, Weltschmerz, barmy, concupiscent, actinic and 18 more...
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harmony of the spheres
tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic, leading tone, progression, sonata, concerto, allegro and 247 more...
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
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Musical words
nocturne, flat, sharp, waltz, etude, opera, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, cello, flute and 131 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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Summer 12
vitrine, viaduct, traceries, taxonomic, ternary, vicegerent, stratagem, vermeil, shippon, rostral, scherzando, retinue and 197 more...
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technomom's Words
misology, sacerdotal, omphaloskepsis, jimjams, incunabulum, repose, trecento, chimera, tridecennary, tenebrous, purblind, floruit and 207 more...
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Three Peas in a Pod
Words to describe a set of three things.
trio, trilogy, triad, triptych, triplets, trinity, trifecta, triple threat, threesome, triumvirate, troika, ternion and 4 more...
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