ternary

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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.

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  1. adjective Composed of three or arranged in threes.
  2. adjective Mathematics Having the base three.
  3. adjective Mathematics Involving three variables.
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  • When the ternary was comfortable, Rain-Catcher spoke of her fear Something wounds the Eye, and Not-Folk walk Here. —  F ;SF - vol 099 issue 03 - September 2000
  • "And the youngling is hungry too Oldest said, "We will rest now together Rain-Catcher had not had time to gather food for her ternary before they came up Tall Hill, but it was the way of the Three Hills Folk to share. —  F ;SF - vol 099 issue 03 - September 2000
  • 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. —  TechRepublic Blogs
  • I am not a big fan of the ternary operator for a few reasons. —  TechRepublic Blogs
  • It uses a ternary (conditional) operator to test if marginTop is less than zero. —  Learning jQuery
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  1. Middle English, from Latin ternārius, from ternī, three each; see tern2.

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  1. = P. ternaire = Provencal ternari = Spanish Portuguese Italian ternario, from . Late Latin ternarius, consisting of threes, from Latin terni, by threes: see tern.
 

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