trichotomy

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Dichotomy should never be preferred to trichotomy, as both signify lack of freedom for the Afar Land.

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  1. noun Division into three parts or elements.
  2. noun A system based on three parts or elements.

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  • A total or linear order is one which has the trichotomy property: for any x, —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Apparently, the coelacanth, lungfish, and tetrapod lineages diverged within such a short time interval that at this level of analysis, their relationships appear to be an irresolvable trichotomy. —  Evolution News & Views
  • Dichotomy should never be preferred to trichotomy, as both signify lack of freedom for the Afar Land. —  American Chronicle
  • We argue that the temporal trichotomy of prediction, action and recollection is central to these misperceptions: People predict that they will behave more ethically than they actually do, and when evaluating past (un) ethical behavior, they believe they behaved more ethically than they actually did. —  HBS Working Knowledge
  • This controversial aspect of judicial responsibilities demonstrates the interplay in the trichotomy of legal philosophy, jurisprudence and jurisprudential temperament. —  ADF Alliance Alert
 

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  1. New Latin trichotomia : Greek trikha, in three parts; see trei- in Indo-European roots + New Latin -tomia, -tomy.

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  1. from Greek τρίχα, in three, + τομία, from τέμνειν, ταμεῖν, cut.
 

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/traɪˈkɑtəmi/
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