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ternary

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Adjective, Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ternary has 1 sense

Adjective ternary has 1 sense

  • ternary(s = adj.all) treble, triple, triplex - having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows"

CIDE DICTIONARY

ternarya. [L. ternarius, fr. terni. See Tern, a.].
  •  Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.  [1913 Webster]
ternaryn. 
     A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.  [1913 Webster]
    "Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ternary, adj.
1 composed of three parts.
2 Math. using three as a base (ternary scale).

Idiom
ternary form Mus. the form of a movement in which the first subject is repeated after an interposed second subject in a related key.
Etymology
ME f. L ternarius f. terni three each

THESAURUS

ternary

clover, deuce-ace, leash, set of three, shamrock, tercet, tern, ternal, ternate, ternion, terzetto, three, three-ply, threefold, threesome, tierce, treble, trefoil, trey, triad, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilogic, trilogy, trimester, trinal, trine, trinity, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple, triple crown, triple threat, triplet, triplex, triplicate, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triunity, trivet, troika

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Triality

N triality, trinity, triunity, three, triad, triplet, trey, trio, ternion, leash, shamrock, tierce, spike-team, trefoil, triangle, trident, triennium, trigon, trinomial, trionym, triplopia, tripod, trireme, triseme, triskele, triskelion, trisula, third power, cube, cube root, three, triform, trinal, trinomial, tertiary, ternary, triune, triarch, triadie, triple, tri-, tris-, tria juncta in uno.

Triplication

N triplication, triplicity, trebleness, trine, treble, triple, tern, ternary, triplicate, threefold, trilogistic, third, trinal, trine, three times, three fold, thrice, in the third place, thirdly, trebly.

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