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Definition of Ternary

1. Adjective. Having three units or components or elements. "Triplex windows"

2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.

Definition of Ternary

1. a. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.

2. n. A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.

Definition of Ternary

1. Adjective. Made up of three things; treble, triadic, triple, triplex ¹

2. Adjective. Arranged in groups of three ¹

3. Adjective. (mathematics) To the base three ¹

4. Adjective. (mathematics) Having three variables ¹

5. Noun. A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ternary

1. a group of three [n -RIES]

Medical Definition of Ternary

1. 1. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration. 2. 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. Origin: L. Ternarius, fr. Terni. See Tern. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ternary

termor termors terms terms and conditions terms of address terms of art terms of endearment terms of use termtime termtimes

termwise tern ternal ternaries ternarily ternary (current term) ternary alloy ternary code ternary complex ternary complexes

ternary compound ternary computer ternary computers ternary form ternary logic ternary name ternary operator ternary operators ternate ternately

Literary usage of Ternary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Hessian covariant of a ternary form. Wolfing, — of product of two ternary forms. ... Irrational covariant cubics of plane cubics. denote ternary quadrics. ..."

2. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"ternary forms. Mertens, F. Wien — system of a ternary cubic form, ... Irrational covariant cubics of plane cubics. denote ternary quadrics. Cayley, A. Mess. ..."

3. Metallography by Samuel Leslie Hoyt (1920)
"ternary Equilibria.—The use of ternary constitution diagrams, and the study of ternary equilibria have not been as extensive in the past, as would seem to ..."

4. The Algebra of Invariants by John Hilton Grace, Alfred Young (1903)
"ternary FORMS (continued). 223. IN this chapter we shall give some further theorems relating to ternary forms; mainly such as arise in obtaining the ..."

5. The Algebra of Invariants by John Hilton Grace, Alfred Young (1903)
"ternary FORMS (continued). 223. IN this chapter we shall give some further theorems relating to ternary forms; mainly such as arise in obtaining the ..."

6. The Algebra of Invariants by John Hilton Grace, Alfred Young (1903)
"ternary FORMS (continued). 223. IN this chapter we shall give some further theorems relating to ternary forms; mainly such as arise in obtaining the ..."

7. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"Virtual comparison, quaternary-ternary. Impure silver, lit. silver of dross, ... Single sentence, ternary. With the preceding this couplet may be considered ..."

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