Ternary Definition

tûrnə-rē
ternaries
adjective
Made up of three parts or things; threefold; triple.
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Third in order or rank.
Webster's New World
Having three as a base.
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Of or containing three different atoms, elements, radicals, etc.
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Of an alloy of three elements.
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noun
ternaries
A group or set of three.
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Other Word Forms of Ternary

Noun

Singular:
ternary
Plural:
ternaries

Origin of Ternary

  • Middle English from Latin ternārius from ternī three each tern2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Late Latin ternarius (“consisting of three things"), from terni (“three each").

    From Wiktionary

Ternary Sentence Examples

  • The idea_can be generalized so as to have regard to ternary and higher forms each of the same order and of the same number of variables.

  • With mercury it forms amalgams. Bismuth is a component of many ternary alloys characterized by their low fusibility and expansion in solidification; many of them are used in the arts (see Fusible Metal).

  • The ternary graph includes an optional legend that shows the data input.

  • The amount of γ ' depends on the chemical composition and temperature, as illustrated in the ternary phase diagrams below.

  • Can handle a distorted page, ternary plots, polar plots.

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Words Starting With

TTETER

Words Ending With

YRYARY

Unscrambles

ternary

Words Starting With T and Ending With Y

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Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With T7 Letter Words Ending With Y