ternary.
Made up of three things.
Meaning & usage
Made up of three things.
Arranged in groups of three.
To the base three.
Having three variables.
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin ternārius (“consisting of three things”), from ternī (“three each”).
A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce.
The Holy Trinity.
The ternary operator.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin ternārius (“consisting of three things”), from ternī (“three each”).
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