ternary
English
Etymology
Late Latin ternarius (“consisting of three things”), from terni (“three each”).
Adjective
ternary (not comparable)
- Made up of three things; treble, triadic, triple, triplex
- Arranged in groups of three
- (mathematics) To the base three
- Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming
- Perhaps the prettiest number system of all […] is the balanced ternary notation.
- Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming
- (mathematics) Having three variables
- (chemistry) 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.
- Sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.
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Derived terms
- ternary alloy
- ternary code
- ternary complex
- ternary compound
- ternary computer
- ternary diagram
- ternary expansion
- ternary form
- ternary Golay code
- ternary Golay conjecture
- ternary incremental representation
- ternary logic
- ternary name
- ternary notation
- ternary numeral system
- ternary operation
- ternary operator
- ternary plot
- ternary pulse code modulation
- ternary quantic
- ternary search
- ternary search tree
- ternary signal
- ternary system
- ternary tree
Translations
Made up of three things.
Arranged in group of three.
Mathematics: Having three variables
See also
Noun
ternary (plural ternaries)
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