Meaning

3 senses
  1. A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce.

  2. The ternary operator.

  3. (obsolete)The Holy Trinity.

More definitions
  • the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

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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Forms

plural: ternaries
Singularternary
Pluralternaries

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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