ternary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɜː.nə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtɝ.nə.ɹi/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Late Latin ternārius (“consisting of three things”), from ternī (“three each”).
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Made up of three things.
- (not-comparable) Arranged in groups of three.
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(not-comparable) To the base three.
Perhaps the prettiest number system of all is the balanced ternary notation
1999, Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, 3rd edition, volume 2, →ISBN, page 207:
- (not-comparable) Having three variables.
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(not-comparable) 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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(not-comparable) Of an operator taking three operands.
An "if…then…else" construction is called a ternary operator when it is combined in one line of a program.
Deriveds
pseudoternary · ternary quantic · ternary tree · ternary expansion · negaternary · ternary compound · ternary search · ternary code · ternary signal · ternary diagram · ternary numeral system · ternary operation · biternary · ternary search tree · ternarily · ternary form · ternary operator · ternary notation · ternary pulse code modulation · ternary incremental representation · ternary logarithm · nonternary · ternary alloy · ternary complex · ternary Golay code · ternary plot · ternary Golay conjecture · ternary logic · ternary name · ternary computer · ternary system · heteroternary
Relateds
quaternary (Having three variables.) · duodenary · tetranary (Having three variables.) · singular · quinary (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.) · senary (Of an operator taking three operands.) · primary (1st) · octonary · binary (Arranged in groups of three.) · centenary (100) · vigenary · tertiary (3rd) · quintary (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.) · quartary (4th) · denary · unary (Made up of three things.) · secondary (2nd) · novenary · nonary (9th) · trinary (To the base three.) · septenary
Synonyms
trine · triple · ternary · trinary · treble · tern · tern · trine · threefold · trinary · treble · triplex · triadic · triple · triadic · trinary
Translations (25)
es ternario (made up of three things) · el τριαδικός (mathematics: having three variables) · ro ternar (made up of three things) · ru тернарный (mathematics: having three variables) · ru троичный (made up of three things) · nl drieledig (made up of three things) · ru трёхчленный (arranged in group of three) · el τετραμερής (mathematics: having three variables) · ro ternar (mathematics: to the base three) · is þrístæður (mathematics: having three variables) · bg трои́чен (made up of three things) · cs trojkový (mathematics: to the base three) · sv ternär (made up of three things) · nl drievoudig (arranged in group of three) · de ternär (made up of three things) · el τριαδικός (made up of three things) · nl drietallig (mathematics: to the base three) · ru трёхчленный (mathematics: having three variables) · ru трёхкомпонентный (arranged in group of three) · sv trevärd (made up of three things) · nl bestande uit drie variabelen (mathematics: having three variables) · is þríunda- (mathematics: to the base three) · bg троичен (mathematics: to the base three) · ru тройно́й (made up of three things) · sv trefaldig (made up of three things)