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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

  1. (not-comparable) Made up of three things.
  2. (not-comparable) Arranged in groups of three.
  3. (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:
  4. (not-comparable) Having three variables.
  5. (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.
  6. (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)

ternary en · NOUN

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

  1. A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce.
  2. (obsolete) The Holy Trinity.
    • And albeit these thynges be waighty and truthes of great importance, yet (by the infinite goodnes of the Almighty Ternarie,) Artificiall Methods and easy wayes are made, by which the zelous Philosopher, may wyn nere this Riuerish Ida, this Mountayne of Contemplation […] . 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface
  3. The ternary operator.
    • Although this code is technically correct, you should be cautious when using ternaries. Many developers actually don't like using ternaries because it's easy to miss small details or create quirky behaviors. Richie Miller, Computer Programming Bible: 12 In 1

Forms

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Synonyms

trinary · threesome · threeness · triplet · tern · trio · leash · triad · trinity · trine · ternary · ternion · troika