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ternary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.nə.ɹi/

The English word “ternary” has 9 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Made up of three things.
  2. Arranged in groups of three.
  3. To the base three.
  4. Having three variables.
  5. 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.
  6. Of an operator taking three operands.

noun

  1. A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce.
  2. The Holy Trinity.
  3. The ternary operator.

Etymology

From Late Latin ternārius (“consisting of three things”), from ternī (“three each”).

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