Meaning

6 senses
  1. (not comparable)Made up of three things.

    ternär

    троичныйtroičnyj, тройно́йtrojnój

  2. (not comparable)Arranged in groups of three.

    трёхкомпонентныйtrjóxkomponentnyj, трёхчленныйtrjóxčlennyj

  3. (not comparable)To the base three.

    having three units or components or elements

  4. (not comparable)Having three variables.

    трёхчленныйtrjóxčlennyj, тернарныйternarnyj

  5. (not comparable)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.

  6. (not comparable)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.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
made up of three things:
arranged in group of three:
mathematics: having three variables:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
made up of three things:

Origin

From Late Latin ternārius (“consisting of three things”), from ternī (“three each”).

From Late Latin ternārius (“consisting of three things”), from ternī (“three each”).

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