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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, n.; pl {Ternaries}.
A ternion; the number three three things taken together; a
triad.
Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single.
--Holder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, a. [L. ternarius, fr terni. See {Tern},
a.]
1. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three as the ternary
number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and
held in great veneration.
2. (Chem.) 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ternary
adj : 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" [syn: {treble}, {triple},
{triplex}]
n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce},
{leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternion},
{triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
ternary
A description of an {operator} taking three
arguments. The only common example is {C}'s ?: operator which
is used in the form "CONDITION ? EXP1 : EXP2" and returns EXP1
if CONDITION is true else EXP2. {Haskell} has a similar "if
CONDITION then EXP1 else EXP2" operator.
See also {unary}, {binary}.
(1998-07-29)
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