Definition of Trinary

1. Adjective. (alternative form of ternary) ¹

2. Noun. (star) a trinary star ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trinary

1. consisting of three parts [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trinary

trimotors
trimoxazole
trimphone
trimphones
trims
trimtab
trimtabs
trimuon
trimuons
trimurti
trimyarian
trimyristin
trin
trinal
trinaries
trinary (current term)
trinary star
trinary star system
trinary star systems
trinary stars
trindle
trindled
trindles
trindling
trine immersion
trined
trinervate
trinerved
trines

Literary usage of Trinary

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

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1883)
"From these, the step is not great to the orchids, undoubtedly the highest of all the trinary flowers, with the triple arrangement almost entirely obscured, ..."

2. Education in Retrospect: Policy and Implementation Since 1990 by Andre Kraak, Michael Young (2001)
"Institutional stratification ideas were widespread across the globe during this time, particularly with the adoption and expansion of binary and trinary ..."

3. A New Treatise on Elements of Mechanics Establishing Strict Precision in the by John William Nystrom (1875)
"The trinary divisions give an endless number of decimals. The decimal system is therefore not well suited for metrology, in which binary and trinary ..."

4. Flowers and Their Pedigrees by Grant Allen (1883)
"From these, the step is not great to the orchids, undoubtedly the highest of all the trinary flowers, with the triple arrangement almost entirely obscured, ..."

5. The Chhándogya Upanishad of the Sáma Veda: With Extracts from the Commentary by Rājendralāla Mitra, Śaṅkarācārya (1862)
"I shall convert each of these three sources into a trinary form. ... Them did he convert into trinary forms. Learn from me, my child, how these three ..."

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